#8A72ED#8A72ED

#8A72ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.178 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72ED
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 237)
HSL	hsl(252, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 51.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 38.26, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 70.46, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0588 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.178 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7803, 23.5513, 82.9757)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72ED #D5ED72

analogous

#7298ED #8A72ED #C872ED

triadic

#8A72ED #ED8A72 #72ED8A

tetradic

#8A72ED #ED7298 #D5ED72 #72EDC8

square

#8A72ED #ED7298 #D5ED72 #72EDC8

split-complementary

#8A72ED #EDC872 #98ED72

monochromatic

#3C1ACB #5D3CE6 #8A72ED #B7A8F4 #E4DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A72ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A72ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72ED

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72ED	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A88F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C82EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.178 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf3',
    500: '#8a72ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ed;
$custom-light: #b19bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63319,
    "c": 0.17807,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72ED

secondary

#E8F0CB

accent

#DA0CB1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72ED

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

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