#8A72D2#8A72D2

#8A72D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.142 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72D2
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 210)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 45.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 30.95, -46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 55.78, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.0563 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.142 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1284, 22.0905, 63.7422)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72D2 #BAD272

analogous

#728AD2 #8A72D2 #BA72D2

triadic

#8A72D2 #D28A72 #72D28A

tetradic

#8A72D2 #D2728A #BAD272 #72D2BA

square

#8A72D2 #D2728A #BAD272 #72D2BA

split-complementary

#8A72D2 #D2BA72 #8AD272

monochromatic

#4B3199 #6444C3 #8A72D2 #B0A0E1 #D7CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A72D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8A72D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72D2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72D2	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5283D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.142 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9be0',
    500: '#8a72d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72d2;
$custom-light: #af9be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61697,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72D2

secondary

#D8E1BF

accent

#BF2699

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72D2

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

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