#8D72DD#8D72DD

#8D72DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.157 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72DD
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 34.64, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 61.84, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0612 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.157 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0495, 22.9171, 71.2328)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72DD #C2DD72

analogous

#728CDD #8D72DD #C272DD

triadic

#8D72DD #DD8D72 #72DD8D

tetradic

#8D72DD #DD728C #C2DD72 #72DDC2

square

#8D72DD #DD728C #C2DD72 #72DDC2

split-complementary

#8D72DD #DDC272 #8CDD72

monochromatic

#4A29AB #6541D1 #8D72DD #B5A3E9 #DDD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8D72DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8D72DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72DD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72DD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.157 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29be8',
    500: '#8d72dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72dd;
$custom-light: #b29be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72DD

secondary

#DEE7C4

accent

#C91D9D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72DD

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

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