#8A72E1#8A72E1

#8A72E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.162 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72E1
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 225)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 34.97, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 63.97, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.0579 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.162 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0855, 22.8733, 74.0494)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72E1 #C9E172

analogous

#7292E1 #8A72E1 #C272E1

triadic

#8A72E1 #E18A72 #72E18A

tetradic

#8A72E1 #E17292 #C9E172 #72E1C2

square

#8A72E1 #E17292 #C9E172 #72E1C2

split-complementary

#8A72E1 #E1C272 #92E172

monochromatic

#4426B3 #6040D6 #8A72E1 #B4A4EC #DED7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A72E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A72E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72E1

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72E1	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4685E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73889F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.162 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09beb',
    500: '#8a72e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72e1;
$custom-light: #b09beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.973,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62577,
    "c": 0.16233,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72E1

secondary

#E2E9C5

accent

#CD19A6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72E1

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

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