#8A72D0#8A72D0

#8A72D0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.140 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72D0
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 208)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 45.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 30.42, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 54.68, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.056 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.14 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8808, 21.9914, 62.4381)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72D0 #B8D072

analogous

#7289D0 #8A72D0 #B972D0

triadic

#8A72D0 #D08A72 #72D08A

tetradic

#8A72D0 #D07289 #B8D072 #72D0B9

square

#8A72D0 #D07289 #B8D072 #72D0B9

split-complementary

#8A72D0 #D0B972 #89D072

monochromatic

#4B3296 #6444C1 #8A72D0 #B0A0DF #D6CEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A72D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8A72D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72D0

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72D0	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5382D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5780CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.140 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdf',
    500: '#8a72d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72d0;
$custom-light: #af9bdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61584,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72D0

secondary

#D7E0BE

accent

#BD2897

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72D0

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

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