#8A72E5#8A72E5

#8A72E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.168 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72E5
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 36.06, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 66.14, 303.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0583 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.168 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6375, 23.0941, 76.9569)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72E5 #CDE572

analogous

#7293E5 #8A72E5 #C472E5

triadic

#8A72E5 #E58A72 #72E58A

tetradic

#8A72E5 #E57293 #CDE572 #72E5C4

square

#8A72E5 #E57293 #CDE572 #72E5C4

split-complementary

#8A72E5 #E5C472 #93E572

monochromatic

#4222BA #5F3EDB #8A72E5 #B5A6EF #E0D9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72E5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72E5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4286E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#718AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.168 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bee',
    500: '#8a72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72e5;
$custom-light: #b19bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.522,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72E5

secondary

#E4ECC7

accent

#D115AA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72E5

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

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