#8B72B2#8B72B2

#8B72B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72B2
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 23.11, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 38.18, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.0515 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.099 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6989, 20.7379, 44.8125)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72B2 #99B272

analogous

#7279B2 #8B72B2 #AB72B2

triadic

#8B72B2 #B28B72 #72B28B

tetradic

#8B72B2 #B27279 #99B272 #72B2AB

square

#8B72B2 #B27279 #99B272 #72B2AB

split-complementary

#8B72B2 #B2AB72 #79B272

monochromatic

#4F3C6E #6C5295 #8B72B2 #AC9AC8 #CCC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8B72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8B72B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72B2

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72B2	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9ac9',
    500: '#8b72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72b2;
$custom-light: #ae9ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.438,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60105,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72B2

secondary

#C3CDB3

accent

#C6629F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72B2

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

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