#8A72E7#8A72E7

#8A72E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.170 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72E7
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 36.61, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 67.23, 303.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0584 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.17 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9184, 23.2065, 78.4361)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72E7 #CFE772

analogous

#7294E7 #8A72E7 #C572E7

triadic

#8A72E7 #E78A72 #72E78A

tetradic

#8A72E7 #E77294 #CFE772 #72E7C5

square

#8A72E7 #E77294 #CFE772 #72E7C5

split-complementary

#8A72E7 #E7C572 #94E772

monochromatic

#4120BE #5F3EDE #8A72E7 #B5A6F0 #E1DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A72E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8A72E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72E7

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72E7	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4187EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.170 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bef',
    500: '#8a72e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72e7;
$custom-light: #b19bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62944,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72E7

secondary

#E5EDC8

accent

#D313AB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72E7

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

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