#8B72DA#8B72DA

#8B72DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.153 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72DA
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 218)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 47.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 33.33, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 60.18, 303.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0584 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.153 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3163, 22.5849, 69.1308)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72DA #C1DA72

analogous

#728DDA #8B72DA #BF72DA

triadic

#8B72DA #DA8B72 #72DA8B

tetradic

#8B72DA #DA728D #C1DA72 #72DABF

square

#8B72DA #DA728D #C1DA72 #72DABF

split-complementary

#8B72DA #DABF72 #8DDA72

monochromatic

#492CA6 #6342CD #8B72DA #B3A2E7 #DBD3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8B72DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8B72DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72DA

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72DA	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C84DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.153 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09be6',
    500: '#8b72da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72da;
$custom-light: #b09be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.423,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62248,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72DA

secondary

#DDE6C2

accent

#C61F9E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72DA

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

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