#8A72E8#8A72E8

#8A72E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72E8
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 232)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 36.89, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 67.77, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0585 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.172 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0600, 23.2631, 79.1820)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72E8 #D0E872

analogous

#7295E8 #8A72E8 #C572E8

triadic

#8A72E8 #E88A72 #72E88A

tetradic

#8A72E8 #E87295 #D0E872 #72E8C5

square

#8A72E8 #E87295 #D0E872 #72E8C5

split-complementary

#8A72E8 #E8C572 #95E872

monochromatic

#401FC0 #5E3DDF #8A72E8 #B6A7F1 #E1DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A72E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A72E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72E8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72E8	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4087EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf0',
    500: '#8a72e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72e8;
$custom-light: #b19bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63006,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72E8

secondary

#E6EDC9

accent

#D411AC

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72E8

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

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