#8A72EC#8A72EC

#8A72EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.177 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72EC
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 37.99, -58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 69.93, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0587 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.177 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6347, 23.4930, 82.2084)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72EC #D4EC72

analogous

#7297EC #8A72EC #C772EC

triadic

#8A72EC #EC8A72 #72EC8A

tetradic

#8A72EC #EC7297 #D4EC72 #72ECC7

square

#8A72EC #EC7297 #D4EC72 #72ECC7

split-complementary

#8A72EC #ECC772 #97EC72

monochromatic

#3D1BC9 #5D3CE5 #8A72EC #B7A8F3 #E4DEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A72EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A72EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72EC

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72EC	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B88F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D82E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.177 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf3',
    500: '#8a72ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ec;
$custom-light: #b19bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63256,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72EC

secondary

#E8EFCB

accent

#D80DB0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72EC

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

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