#8A72DC#8A72DC

#8A72DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.156 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72DC
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 220)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 48.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 33.62, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 61.25, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.0574 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.156 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4134, 22.6045, 70.5097)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72DC #C4DC72

analogous

#728FDC #8A72DC #BF72DC

triadic

#8A72DC #DC8A72 #72DC8A

tetradic

#8A72DC #DC728F #C4DC72 #72DCBF

square

#8A72DC #DC728F #C4DC72 #72DCBF

split-complementary

#8A72DC #DCBF72 #8FDC72

monochromatic

#472AAA #6141D0 #8A72DC #B3A3E8 #DBD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A72DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A72DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72DC

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72DC	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A84E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.156 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be7',
    500: '#8a72dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72dc;
$custom-light: #b09be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62278,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72DC

secondary

#DFE7C3

accent

#C81EA1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72DC

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

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