#8A72B1#8A72B1

#8A72B1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.097 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72B1
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 177)
HSL	hsl(263, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 35.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 22.56, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 37.56, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.0501 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.097 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.4326, 20.6122, 44.2778)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72B1 #99B172

analogous

#727AB1 #8A72B1 #AA72B1

triadic

#8A72B1 #B18A72 #72B18A

tetradic

#8A72B1 #B1727A #99B172 #72B1AA

square

#8A72B1 #B1727A #99B172 #72B1AA

split-complementary

#8A72B1 #B1AA72 #7AB172

monochromatic

#4F3C6D #6B5294 #8A72B1 #AB99C7 #CBC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A72B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A72B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72B1

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72B1	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.097 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac8',
    500: '#8a72b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72b1;
$custom-light: #ad9ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59962,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.20612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72B1

secondary

#C2CCB3

accent

#C563A0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72B1

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

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