#8A72BD#8A72BD

#8A72BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.114 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72BD
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 25.52, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 44.20, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0527 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.114 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6817, 21.1118, 50.8562)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72BD #A5BD72

analogous

#7280BD #8A72BD #B072BD

triadic

#8A72BD #BD8A72 #72BD8A

tetradic

#8A72BD #BD7280 #A5BD72 #72BDB0

square

#8A72BD #BD7280 #A5BD72 #72BDB0

split-complementary

#8A72BD #BDB072 #80BD72

monochromatic

#4F3A7B #694DA5 #8A72BD #AD9CD1 #CFC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A72BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8A72BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72BD

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72BD	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.114 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9ad1',
    500: '#8a72bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72bd;
$custom-light: #ae9ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6056,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72BD

secondary

#CBD4B7

accent

#CC5CA8

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72BD

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