#8D72DE#8D72DE

#8D72DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.158 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72DE
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 48.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 34.91, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 62.39, 304.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0613 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.158 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1832, 22.9706, 71.9366)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72DE #C3DE72

analogous

#728DDE #8D72DE #C372DE

triadic

#8D72DE #DE8D72 #72DE8D

tetradic

#8D72DE #DE728D #C3DE72 #72DEC3

square

#8D72DE #DE728D #C3DE72 #72DEC3

split-complementary

#8D72DE #DEC372 #8DDE72

monochromatic

#4A29AD #6540D2 #8D72DE #B5A4EA #DDD5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8D72DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8D72DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72DE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72DE	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A85E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79879E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.158 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29be9',
    500: '#8d72de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72de;
$custom-light: #b29be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72DE

secondary

#DFE8C4

accent

#CA1C9E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72DE

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

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