#8A72DE#8A72DE

#8A72DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.158 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72DE
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 48.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 34.16, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 62.34, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0576 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.158 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6798, 22.7110, 71.9130)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72DE #C6DE72

analogous

#7290DE #8A72DE #C072DE

triadic

#8A72DE #DE8A72 #72DE8A

tetradic

#8A72DE #DE7290 #C6DE72 #72DEC0

square

#8A72DE #DE7290 #C6DE72 #72DEC0

split-complementary

#8A72DE #DEC072 #90DE72

monochromatic

#4629AD #6140D2 #8A72DE #B3A4EA #DCD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A72DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A72DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72DE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72DE	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4985E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.158 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be9',
    500: '#8a72de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72de;
$custom-light: #b09be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72DE

secondary

#E0E8C4

accent

#CA1CA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72DE

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

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