#8A72BE#8A72BE

#8A72BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.115 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72BE
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 25.77, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 44.75, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0529 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.115 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7906, 21.1554, 51.4298)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72BE #A6BE72

analogous

#7280BE #8A72BE #B072BE

triadic

#8A72BE #BE8A72 #72BE8A

tetradic

#8A72BE #BE7280 #A6BE72 #72BEB0

square

#8A72BE #BE7280 #A6BE72 #72BEB0

split-complementary

#8A72BE #BEB072 #80BE72

monochromatic

#4E397C #694DA6 #8A72BE #AD9CD1 #D0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8A72BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72BE

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72BE	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.115 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd2',
    500: '#8a72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72be;
$custom-light: #ae9bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60611,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72BE

secondary

#CBD5B7

accent

#CD5BA9

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72BE

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

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