#8A72CC#8A72CC

#8A72CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.134 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72CC
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 204)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 44.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 29.37, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 52.48, 304.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.0554 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.134 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3949, 21.7971, 59.8790)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72CC #B4CC72

analogous

#7287CC #8A72CC #B772CC

triadic

#8A72CC #CC8A72 #72CC8A

tetradic

#8A72CC #CC7287 #B4CC72 #72CCB7

square

#8A72CC #CC7287 #B4CC72 #72CCB7

split-complementary

#8A72CC #CCB772 #87CC72

monochromatic

#4C3490 #6545BC #8A72CC #AF9FDC #D5CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8A72CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8A72CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72CC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72CC	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5681CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.134 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdc',
    500: '#8a72cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72cc;
$custom-light: #af9bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61361,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72CC

secondary

#D5DDBC

accent

#BA2B94

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72CC

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

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