#8A72AC#8A72AC

#8A72AC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.090 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72AC
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 172)
HSL	hsl(265, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 33.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 21.36, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 34.80, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0488 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.09 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9434, 20.4165, 41.7011)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72AC #94AC72

analogous

#7277AC #8A72AC #A772AC

triadic

#8A72AC #AC8A72 #72AC8A

tetradic

#8A72AC #AC7277 #94AC72 #72ACA7

square

#8A72AC #AC7277 #94AC72 #72ACA7

split-complementary

#8A72AC #ACA772 #77AC72

monochromatic

#4E3D67 #6B538E #8A72AC #AA99C3 #CABFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A72AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#8A72AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72AC

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72AC	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.090 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac5',
    500: '#8a72ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ac;
$custom-light: #ad9ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59724,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72AC

secondary

#BFC9B1

accent

#C2669C

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72AC

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

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