#8A72B9#8A72B9

#8A72B9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72B9
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 185)
HSL	hsl(260, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 38.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 24.52, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 41.99, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.0519 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.108 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2535, 20.9405, 48.6010)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72B9 #A1B972

analogous

#727DB9 #8A72B9 #AD72B9

triadic

#8A72B9 #B98A72 #72B98A

tetradic

#8A72B9 #B9727D #A1B972 #72B9AD

square

#8A72B9 #B9727D #A1B972 #72B9AD

split-complementary

#8A72B9 #B9AD72 #7DB972

monochromatic

#4F3B76 #6A4F9F #8A72B9 #AC9BCD #CEC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A72B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A72B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72B9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72B9	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ace',
    500: '#8a72b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72b9;
$custom-light: #ad9ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60356,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72B9

secondary

#C8D1B5

accent

#CA5EA5

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72B9

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

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