#8A72AA#8A72AA

#8A72AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.087 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72AA
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 170)
HSL	hsl(266, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 20.89, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 33.70, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.0483 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.087 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7528, 20.3402, 40.6971)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72AA #92AA72

analogous

#7276AA #8A72AA #A672AA

triadic

#8A72AA #AA8A72 #72AA8A

tetradic

#8A72AA #AA7276 #92AA72 #72AAA6

square

#8A72AA #AA7276 #92AA72 #72AAA6

split-complementary

#8A72AA #AAA672 #76AA72

monochromatic

#4E3D65 #6B548B #8A72AA #AA98C1 #C9BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8A72AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8A72AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72AA

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72AA	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.087 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac3',
    500: '#8a72aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72aa;
$custom-light: #ad9ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59631,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72AA

secondary

#BEC8B0

accent

#C1679A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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