#8A72E2#8A72E2

#8A72E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.164 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72E2
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(253, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 35.24, -54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 64.52, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.058 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.164 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2223, 22.9280, 74.7700)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72E2 #CAE272

analogous

#7292E2 #8A72E2 #C272E2

triadic

#8A72E2 #E28A72 #72E28A

tetradic

#8A72E2 #E27292 #CAE272 #72E2C2

square

#8A72E2 #E27292 #CAE272 #72E2C2

split-complementary

#8A72E2 #E2C272 #92E272

monochromatic

#4425B4 #603FD8 #8A72E2 #B4A5EC #DED8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72E2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72E2	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4586E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.164 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bec',
    500: '#8a72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72e2;
$custom-light: #b09bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62638,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72E2

secondary

#E2EAC6

accent

#CE18A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72E2

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

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