#8A72CB#8A72CB

#8A72CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.133 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72CB
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 43.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 29.11, -43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 51.93, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.0552 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.133 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2753, 21.7493, 59.2493)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72CB #B3CB72

analogous

#7287CB #8A72CB #B772CB

triadic

#8A72CB #CB8A72 #72CB8A

tetradic

#8A72CB #CB7287 #B3CB72 #72CBB7

square

#8A72CB #CB7287 #B3CB72 #72CBB7

split-complementary

#8A72CB #CBB772 #87CB72

monochromatic

#4D348E #6545BB #8A72CB #AF9FDB #D4CBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A72CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A72CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72CB

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72CB	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5681CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.133 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bdb',
    500: '#8a72cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72cb;
$custom-light: #ae9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.18,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72CB

secondary

#D4DDBC

accent

#B92C93

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72CB

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

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