#8A72C8#8A72C8

#8A72C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.129 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72C8
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 28.33, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 50.28, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.0548 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.129 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9213, 21.6076, 57.3847)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72C8 #B0C872

analogous

#7285C8 #8A72C8 #B572C8

triadic

#8A72C8 #C88A72 #72C88A

tetradic

#8A72C8 #C87285 #B0C872 #72C8B5

square

#8A72C8 #C87285 #B0C872 #72C8B5

split-complementary

#8A72C8 #C8B572 #85C872

monochromatic

#4D368A #6647B6 #8A72C8 #AF9ED9 #D3CAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A72C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A72C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72C8

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72C8	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5881CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.129 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd9',
    500: '#8a72c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72c8;
$custom-light: #ae9bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.744,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61141,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72C8

secondary

#D2DBBB

accent

#B72E91

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72C8

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

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