#8D72BD#8D72BD

#8D72BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.114 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72BD
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 26.41, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 44.34, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% 0.0564 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.114 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1850, 21.3713, 50.8798)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72BD #A2BD72

analogous

#727DBD #8D72BD #B372BD

triadic

#8D72BD #BD8D72 #72BD8D

tetradic

#8D72BD #BD727D #A2BD72 #72BDB3

square

#8D72BD #BD727D #A2BD72 #72BDB3

split-complementary

#8D72BD #BDB372 #7DBD72

monochromatic

#513A7B #6D4DA5 #8D72BD #AF9CD1 #D0C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8D72BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8D72BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72BD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72BD	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#5F7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.114 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bd1',
    500: '#8d72bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72bd;
$custom-light: #b09bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72BD

secondary

#C9D4B7

accent

#CC5CA4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72BD

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

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