#8A72F5#8A72F5

#8A72F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.188 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72F5
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 245)
HSL	hsl(251, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 53.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 40.48, -62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 74.76, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0592 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.188 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9753, 24.0292, 89.2692)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72F5 #DDF572

analogous

#729CF5 #8A72F5 #CB72F5

triadic

#8A72F5 #F58A72 #72F58A

tetradic

#8A72F5 #F5729C #DDF572 #72F5CB

square

#8A72F5 #F5729C #DDF572 #72F5CB

split-complementary

#8A72F5 #F5CB72 #9CF572

monochromatic

#3510DD #5B39F1 #8A72F5 #B9ABF9 #E7E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A72F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A72F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72F5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72F5	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F89F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3083F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A8EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.188 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29bf9',
    500: '#8a72f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72f5;
$custom-light: #b29bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.992,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63832,
    "c": 0.18841,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72F5

secondary

#EDF3CF

accent

#E302BA

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72F5

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

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