#8D72BC#8D72BC

#8D72BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.113 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72BC
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 26.16, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 43.79, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0562 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.113 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0769, 21.3281, 50.3101)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72BC #A1BC72

analogous

#727CBC #8D72BC #B272BC

triadic

#8D72BC #BC8D72 #72BC8D

tetradic

#8D72BC #BC727C #A1BC72 #72BCB2

square

#8D72BC #BC727C #A1BC72 #72BCB2

split-complementary

#8D72BC #BCB272 #7CBC72

monochromatic

#513A7A #6D4EA3 #8D72BC #AF9BD0 #D0C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8D72BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8D72BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72BC

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72BC	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.113 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bd0',
    500: '#8d72bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72bc;
$custom-light: #b09bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.892,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60789,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72BC

secondary

#C9D3B6

accent

#CC5CA3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72BC

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

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