#8A72CF#8A72CF

#8A72CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.138 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72CF
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 207)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 44.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 30.16, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 54.13, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.0558 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.138 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7582, 21.9424, 61.7922)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72CF #B7CF72

analogous

#7288CF #8A72CF #B872CF

triadic

#8A72CF #CF8A72 #72CF8A

tetradic

#8A72CF #CF7288 #B7CF72 #72CFB8

square

#8A72CF #CF7288 #B7CF72 #72CFB8

split-complementary

#8A72CF #CFB872 #88CF72

monochromatic

#4C3294 #6444BF #8A72CF #B0A0DF #D6CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A72CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8A72CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72CF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72CF	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.138 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bde',
    500: '#8a72cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72cf;
$custom-light: #af9bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61528,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72CF

secondary

#D6DFBE

accent

#BD2996

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72CF

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

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