#8A72DD#8A72DD

#8A72DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.157 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72DD
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 33.89, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 61.80, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0576 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.157 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5462, 22.6576, 71.2092)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72DD #C5DD72

analogous

#728FDD #8A72DD #BF72DD

triadic

#8A72DD #DD8A72 #72DD8A

tetradic

#8A72DD #DD728F #C5DD72 #72DDBF

square

#8A72DD #DD728F #C5DD72 #72DDBF

split-complementary

#8A72DD #DDBF72 #8FDD72

monochromatic

#4629AB #6141D1 #8A72DD #B3A3E9 #DCD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A72DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A72DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72DD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72DD	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.157 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be8',
    500: '#8a72dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72dd;
$custom-light: #b09be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.458,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62337,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72DD

secondary

#DFE7C4

accent

#C91DA2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72DD

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

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