#8A72CE#8A72CE

#8A72CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.137 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72CE
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 206)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 44.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 29.89, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 53.58, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.0557 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.137 294)
XYZ	xyz(27.6363, 21.8936, 61.1504)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72CE #B6CE72

analogous

#7288CE #8A72CE #B872CE

triadic

#8A72CE #CE8A72 #72CE8A

tetradic

#8A72CE #CE7288 #B6CE72 #72CEB8

square

#8A72CE #CE7288 #B6CE72 #72CEB8

split-complementary

#8A72CE #CEB872 #88CE72

monochromatic

#4C3393 #6445BE #8A72CE #B09FDE #D5CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A72CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8A72CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72CE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72CE	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.137 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdd',
    500: '#8a72ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ce;
$custom-light: #af9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61472,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.21894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72CE

secondary

#D6DFBD

accent

#BC2A96

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72CE

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

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