#8A72DA#8A72DA

#8A72DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.153 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72DA
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 218)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 47.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 33.08, -50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 60.16, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0572 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.153 292)
XYZ	xyz(29.1501, 22.4992, 69.1230)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72DA #C2DA72

analogous

#728EDA #8A72DA #BE72DA

triadic

#8A72DA #DA8A72 #72DA8A

tetradic

#8A72DA #DA728E #C2DA72 #72DABE

square

#8A72DA #DA728E #C2DA72 #72DABE

split-complementary

#8A72DA #DABE72 #8EDA72

monochromatic

#482CA6 #6242CD #8A72DA #B2A2E7 #DAD3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A72DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A72DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72DA

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72DA	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C84DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.153 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be6',
    500: '#8a72da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72da;
$custom-light: #b09be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6216,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72DA

secondary

#DDE6C2

accent

#C61FA0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72DA

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

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