#8A72BF#8A72BF

#8A72BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.116 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72BF
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 191)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 26.03, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 45.31, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.0531 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.116 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9003, 21.1992, 52.0074)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72BF #A7BF72

analogous

#7281BF #8A72BF #B072BF

triadic

#8A72BF #BF8A72 #72BF8A

tetradic

#8A72BF #BF7281 #A7BF72 #72BFB0

square

#8A72BF #BF7281 #A7BF72 #72BFB0

split-complementary

#8A72BF #BFB072 #81BF72

monochromatic

#4E397E #694CA8 #8A72BF #AD9CD2 #D0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A72BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A72BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72BF

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72BF	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.116 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd2',
    500: '#8a72bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72bf;
$custom-light: #ae9bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.701,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60663,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72BF

secondary

#CCD5B8

accent

#CE5AAA

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72BF

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

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