#8A72BB#8A72BB

#8A72BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.111 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72BB
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 25.02, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 43.09, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.0523 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.111 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4661, 21.0256, 49.7208)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72BB #A3BB72

analogous

#727FBB #8A72BB #AF72BB

triadic

#8A72BB #BB8A72 #72BB8A

tetradic

#8A72BB #BB727F #A3BB72 #72BBAF

square

#8A72BB #BB727F #A3BB72 #72BBAF

split-complementary

#8A72BB #BBAF72 #7FBB72

monochromatic

#4F3A78 #6A4EA2 #8A72BB #AC9BCF #CFC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A72BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A72BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72BB

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72BB	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.111 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ad0',
    500: '#8a72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72bb;
$custom-light: #ad9ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60457,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72BB

secondary

#C9D3B6

accent

#CB5DA7

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72BB

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

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