#8A72B7#8A72B7

#8A72B7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.105 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72B7
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 183)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 37.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 24.03, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 40.88, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0515 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.105 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0439, 20.8567, 47.4969)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72B7 #9FB772

analogous

#727CB7 #8A72B7 #AC72B7

triadic

#8A72B7 #B78A72 #72B78A

tetradic

#8A72B7 #B7727C #9FB772 #72B7AC

square

#8A72B7 #B7727C #9FB772 #72B7AC

split-complementary

#8A72B7 #B7AC72 #7CB772

monochromatic

#4F3B74 #6A509C #8A72B7 #AC9BCC #CDC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A72B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8A72B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72B7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72B7	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.105 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9acd',
    500: '#8a72b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72b7;
$custom-light: #ad9acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72B7

secondary

#C7D0B5

accent

#C95FA4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72B7

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

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