#8A72B0#8A72B0

#8A72B0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.096 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72B0
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 176)
HSL	hsl(263, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 35.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 22.32, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 37.01, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0498 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.096 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3333, 20.5725, 43.7548)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72B0 #98B072

analogous

#7279B0 #8A72B0 #A972B0

triadic

#8A72B0 #B08A72 #72B08A

tetradic

#8A72B0 #B07279 #98B072 #72B0A9

square

#8A72B0 #B07279 #98B072 #72B0A9

split-complementary

#8A72B0 #B0A972 #79B072

monochromatic

#4E3C6B #6B5293 #8A72B0 #AB99C6 #CBC0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A72B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A72B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72B0

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72B0	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.096 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac8',
    500: '#8a72b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72b0;
$custom-light: #ad9ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 28.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72B0

secondary

#C2CCB2

accent

#C4639F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72B0

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

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