#8A72EF#8A72EF

#8A72EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.181 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72EF
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 239)
HSL	hsl(252, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 52.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 38.82, -60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 71.54, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0589 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.181 289)
XYZ	xyz(32.0742, 23.6688, 84.5232)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72EF #D7EF72

analogous

#7299EF #8A72EF #C972EF

triadic

#8A72EF #EF8A72 #72EF8A

tetradic

#8A72EF #EF7299 #D7EF72 #72EFC9

square

#8A72EF #EF7299 #D7EF72 #72EFC9

split-complementary

#8A72EF #EFC972 #99EF72

monochromatic

#3B18CF #5C3BE9 #8A72EF #B8A9F5 #E5E0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A72EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A72EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72EF

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72EF	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3888F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3983EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.181 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bf5',
    500: '#8a72ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72ef;
$custom-light: #b19bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.52,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.18066,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.2367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72EF

secondary

#EAF1CC

accent

#DC0AB4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72EF

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

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