#8D72DB#8D72DB

#8D72DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.154 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72DB
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 34.11, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 60.76, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.061 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.154 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7847, 22.8112, 69.8378)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72DB #C0DB72

analogous

#728BDB #8D72DB #C272DB

triadic

#8D72DB #DB8D72 #72DB8D

tetradic

#8D72DB #DB728B #C0DB72 #72DBC2

square

#8D72DB #DB728B #C0DB72 #72DBC2

split-complementary

#8D72DB #DBC272 #8BDB72

monochromatic

#4B2BA8 #6641CF #8D72DB #B4A3E7 #DCD4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D72DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8D72DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72DB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72DB	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C85DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.154 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29be7',
    500: '#8d72db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72db;
$custom-light: #b29be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62486,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72DB

secondary

#DDE6C3

accent

#C71F9C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72DB

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

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