#8D72BB#8D72BB

#8D72BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.111 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72BB
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 39%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, 25.91, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 43.25, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.056 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.111 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9695, 21.2851, 49.7444)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72BB #A0BB72

analogous

#727CBB #8D72BB #B272BB

triadic

#8D72BB #BB8D72 #72BB8D

tetradic

#8D72BB #BB727C #A0BB72 #72BBB2

square

#8D72BB #BB727C #A0BB72 #72BBB2

split-complementary

#8D72BB #BBB272 #7CBB72

monochromatic

#513A78 #6D4EA2 #8D72BB #AE9BCF #D0C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8D72BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8D72BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72BB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72BB	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.111 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bcf',
    500: '#8d72bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72bb;
$custom-light: #b09bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.192,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60739,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72BB

secondary

#C8D3B6

accent

#CB5DA2

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72BB

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

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