#8B72F9#8B72F9

#8B72F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.193 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B72F9
RGB	rgb(139, 114, 249)
HSL	hsl(251, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 54.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 41.82, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 76.89, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0605 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.193 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7588, 24.3619, 92.5277)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B72F9 #E0F972

analogous

#729CF9 #8B72F9 #CE72F9

triadic

#8B72F9 #F98B72 #72F98B

tetradic

#8B72F9 #F9729C #E0F972 #72F9CE

square

#8B72F9 #F9729C #E0F972 #72F9CE

split-complementary

#8B72F9 #F9CE72 #9CF972

monochromatic

#330AE7 #5B37F7 #8B72F9 #BBADFB #E7E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8B72F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8B72F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B72F9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B72F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B72F9	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#298AFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B84F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#698FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b72f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 114, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.193 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39bfc',
    500: '#8b72f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b72f9;
$custom-light: #b39bfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b72f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64177,
    "c": 0.19349,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B72F9

secondary

#EFF5D2

accent

#E600BB

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B72F9

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

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