#8B72EC#8B72EC

#8B72EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.177 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72EC
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 38.22, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 69.93, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.06 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.177 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8009, 23.5787, 82.2162)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72EC #D3EC72

analogous

#7296EC #8B72EC #C872EC

triadic

#8B72EC #EC8B72 #72EC8B

tetradic

#8B72EC #EC7296 #D3EC72 #72ECC8

square

#8B72EC #EC7296 #D3EC72 #72ECC8

split-complementary

#8B72EC #ECC872 #96EC72

monochromatic

#3F1BC9 #5F3CE5 #8B72EC #B7A8F3 #E4DEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8B72EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8B72EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72EC

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72EC	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C88F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.177 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29bf3',
    500: '#8b72ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72ec;
$custom-light: #b29bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.295,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63342,
    "c": 0.17675,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72EC

secondary

#E8EFCB

accent

#D80DAF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72EC

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

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