#8B72CD#8B72CD

#8B72CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.136 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72CD
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 29.90, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 53.06, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0568 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.136 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6815, 21.9309, 60.5204)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72CD #B4CD72

analogous

#7286CD #8B72CD #B972CD

triadic

#8B72CD #CD8B72 #72CD8B

tetradic

#8B72CD #CD7286 #B4CD72 #72CDB9

square

#8B72CD #CD7286 #B4CD72 #72CDB9

split-complementary

#8B72CD #CDB972 #86CD72

monochromatic

#4D3391 #6645BD #8B72CD #B09FDD #D5CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8B72CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8B72CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72CD

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72CD	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5582D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.136 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bdc',
    500: '#8b72cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72cd;
$custom-light: #af9bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61507,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72CD

secondary

#D5DEBD

accent

#BB2B93

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72CD

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

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