#8A72BC#8A72BC

#8A72BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.112 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72BC
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(259, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 25.27, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 43.65, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.0525 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.112 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5735, 21.0685, 50.2865)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72BC #A4BC72

analogous

#727FBC #8A72BC #AF72BC

triadic

#8A72BC #BC8A72 #72BC8A

tetradic

#8A72BC #BC727F #A4BC72 #72BCAF

square

#8A72BC #BC727F #A4BC72 #72BCAF

split-complementary

#8A72BC #BCAF72 #7FBC72

monochromatic

#4F3A7A #694EA3 #8A72BC #AC9BD0 #CFC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A72BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A72BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72BC

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72BC	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)

#5E7FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.112 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9ad0',
    500: '#8a72bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72bc;
$custom-light: #ae9ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60508,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72BC

secondary

#CAD3B6

accent

#CC5CA7

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72BC

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

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