#8D72E1#8D72E1

#8D72E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.162 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72E1
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 225)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 35.71, -53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 64.01, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0616 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.162 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5888, 23.1328, 74.0730)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72E1 #C6E172

analogous

#728FE1 #8D72E1 #C572E1

triadic

#8D72E1 #E18D72 #72E18D

tetradic

#8D72E1 #E1728F #C6E172 #72E1C5

square

#8D72E1 #E1728F #C6E172 #72E1C5

split-complementary

#8D72E1 #E1C572 #8FE172

monochromatic

#4826B3 #6440D6 #8D72E1 #B6A4EC #DFD7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8D72E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8D72E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72E1

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72E1	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4786E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78889F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.162 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29beb',
    500: '#8d72e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72e1;
$custom-light: #b29beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72E1

secondary

#E1E9C5

accent

#CD19A1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72E1

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

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