#8A72CD#8A72CD

#8A72CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.136 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72CD
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 29.63, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 53.03, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0555 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.136 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5152, 21.8452, 60.5127)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72CD #B5CD72

analogous

#7288CD #8A72CD #B772CD

triadic

#8A72CD #CD8A72 #72CD8A

tetradic

#8A72CD #CD7288 #B5CD72 #72CDB7

square

#8A72CD #CD7288 #B5CD72 #72CDB7

split-complementary

#8A72CD #CDB772 #88CD72

monochromatic

#4C3391 #6545BD #8A72CD #AF9FDD #D5CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A72CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A72CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72CD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72CD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5582D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.136 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdd',
    500: '#8a72cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72cd;
$custom-light: #af9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.824,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61416,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72CD

secondary

#D5DEBD

accent

#BB2B95

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72CD

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

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