#8A72CA#8A72CA

#8A72CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.131 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72CA
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 28.85, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 51.38, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.0551 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.131 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1566, 21.7017, 58.6238)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72CA #B2CA72

analogous

#7286CA #8A72CA #B672CA

triadic

#8A72CA #CA8A72 #72CA8A

tetradic

#8A72CA #CA7286 #B2CA72 #72CAB6

square

#8A72CA #CA7286 #B2CA72 #72CAB6

split-complementary

#8A72CA #CAB672 #86CA72

monochromatic

#4D358D #6546B9 #8A72CA #AF9EDB #D4CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A72CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8A72CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72CA

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72CA	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5781CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.131 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bda',
    500: '#8a72ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ca;
$custom-light: #ae9bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6125,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72CA

secondary

#D3DCBC

accent

#B92D92

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72CA

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

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