#8A72BA#8A72BA

#8A72BA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.110 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72BA
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 186)
HSL	hsl(260, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 24.77, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 42.54, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0521 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.11 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3594, 20.9829, 49.1589)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72BA #A2BA72

analogous

#727EBA #8A72BA #AE72BA

triadic

#8A72BA #BA8A72 #72BA8A

tetradic

#8A72BA #BA727E #A2BA72 #72BAAE

square

#8A72BA #BA727E #A2BA72 #72BAAE

split-complementary

#8A72BA #BAAE72 #7EBA72

monochromatic

#4F3A77 #6A4EA0 #8A72BA #AC9BCE #CEC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A72BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8A72BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72BA

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72BA	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.110 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9acf',
    500: '#8a72ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ba;
$custom-light: #ad9acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60406,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72BA

secondary

#C9D2B6

accent

#CA5DA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72BA

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

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