#8B72CF#8B72CF

#8B72CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.138 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72CF
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 207)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 44.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 30.42, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 54.16, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.0571 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.138 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9244, 22.0281, 61.8000)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72CF #B6CF72

analogous

#7287CF #8B72CF #B972CF

triadic

#8B72CF #CF8B72 #72CF8B

tetradic

#8B72CF #CF7287 #B6CF72 #72CFB9

square

#8B72CF #CF7287 #B6CF72 #72CFB9

split-complementary

#8B72CF #CFB972 #87CF72

monochromatic

#4D3294 #6544BF #8B72CF #B1A0DF #D6CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8B72CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8B72CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72CF

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72CF	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.138 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9bde',
    500: '#8b72cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72cf;
$custom-light: #af9bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.129,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61618,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72CF

secondary

#D6DFBE

accent

#BD2995

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72CF

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

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