#8A72E9#8A72E9

#8A72E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.173 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72E9
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 37.16, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 68.31, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0586 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.173 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2025, 23.3201, 79.9322)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72E9 #D1E972

analogous

#7295E9 #8A72E9 #C572E9

triadic

#8A72E9 #E98A72 #72E98A

tetradic

#8A72E9 #E97295 #D1E972 #72E9C5

square

#8A72E9 #E97295 #D1E972 #72E9C5

split-complementary

#8A72E9 #E9C572 #95E972

monochromatic

#3F1EC2 #5E3DE1 #8A72E9 #B6A7F1 #E2DCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A72E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A72E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72E9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72E9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E87ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4182E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.173 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf1',
    500: '#8a72e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72e9;
$custom-light: #b19bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.101,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63068,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72E9

secondary

#E6EEC9

accent

#D510AD

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72E9

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

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