#8B72BC#8B72BC

#8B72BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.112 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72BC
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 25.57, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 43.69, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.0537 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.112 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7398, 21.1543, 50.2943)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72BC #A3BC72

analogous

#727EBC #8B72BC #B072BC

triadic

#8B72BC #BC8B72 #72BC8B

tetradic

#8B72BC #BC727E #A3BC72 #72BCB0

square

#8B72BC #BC727E #A3BC72 #72BCB0

split-complementary

#8B72BC #BCB072 #7EBC72

monochromatic

#4F3A7A #6B4EA3 #8B72BC #AD9BD0 #CFC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8B72BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8B72BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72BC

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72BC	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.112 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9bd0',
    500: '#8b72bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72bc;
$custom-light: #ae9bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.27,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60601,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72BC

secondary

#CAD3B6

accent

#CC5CA6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72BC

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

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