#8A72EA#8A72EA

#8A72EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.174 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72EA
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 234)
HSL	hsl(252, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 37.44, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 68.85, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0586 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.174 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3457, 23.3774, 80.6867)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72EA #D2EA72

analogous

#7296EA #8A72EA #C672EA

triadic

#8A72EA #EA8A72 #72EA8A

tetradic

#8A72EA #EA7296 #D2EA72 #72EAC6

square

#8A72EA #EA7296 #D2EA72 #72EAC6

split-complementary

#8A72EA #EAC672 #96EA72

monochromatic

#3F1DC4 #5E3DE2 #8A72EA #B6A7F2 #E2DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A72EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A72EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72EA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72EA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D87EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4082E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.174 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf1',
    500: '#8a72ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ea;
$custom-light: #b19bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6313,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72EA

secondary

#E7EECA

accent

#D60FAE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72EA

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

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