#8A72EE#8A72EE

#8A72EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.179 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72EE
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 38.54, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 71.00, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0589 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.179 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9269, 23.6099, 83.7473)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72EE #D6EE72

analogous

#7298EE #8A72EE #C872EE

triadic

#8A72EE #EE8A72 #72EE8A

tetradic

#8A72EE #EE7298 #D6EE72 #72EEC8

square

#8A72EE #EE7298 #D6EE72 #72EEC8

split-complementary

#8A72EE #EEC872 #98EE72

monochromatic

#3C19CD #5D3BE7 #8A72EE #B7A9F5 #E5DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A72EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A72EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72EE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72EE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3988F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B82EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.179 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf4',
    500: '#8a72ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ee;
$custom-light: #b19bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63382,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72EE

secondary

#E9F0CC

accent

#DB0BB2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72EE

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

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