#8A72DB#8A72DB

#8A72DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.154 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72DB
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 33.35, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 60.70, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0573 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.154 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2813, 22.5517, 69.8143)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72DB #C3DB72

analogous

#728FDB #8A72DB #BE72DB

triadic

#8A72DB #DB8A72 #72DB8A

tetradic

#8A72DB #DB728F #C3DB72 #72DBBE

square

#8A72DB #DB728F #C3DB72 #72DBBE

split-complementary

#8A72DB #DBBE72 #8FDB72

monochromatic

#472BA8 #6241CF #8A72DB #B2A3E7 #DBD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A72DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A72DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72DB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72DB	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B84DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.154 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be7',
    500: '#8a72db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72db;
$custom-light: #b09be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62219,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72DB

secondary

#DEE6C3

accent

#C71FA0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72DB

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

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