#8A72B2#8A72B2

#8A72B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.098 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72B2
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 22.80, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 38.12, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0503 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.098 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5327, 20.6522, 44.8047)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72B2 #9AB272

analogous

#727AB2 #8A72B2 #AA72B2

triadic

#8A72B2 #B28A72 #72B28A

tetradic

#8A72B2 #B2727A #9AB272 #72B2AA

square

#8A72B2 #B2727A #9AB272 #72B2AA

split-complementary

#8A72B2 #B2AA72 #7AB272

monochromatic

#4F3C6E #6B5295 #8A72B2 #AB9AC8 #CCC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8A72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8A72B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72B2

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72B2	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.098 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac9',
    500: '#8a72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72b2;
$custom-light: #ad9ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6001,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72B2

secondary

#C3CDB3

accent

#C662A0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72B2

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

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