#8D72E7#8D72E7

#8D72E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.170 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72E7
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 231)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 37.33, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 67.25, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0621 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.17 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4217, 23.4660, 78.4597)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72E7 #CCE772

analogous

#7292E7 #8D72E7 #C772E7

triadic

#8D72E7 #E78D72 #72E78D

tetradic

#8D72E7 #E77292 #CCE772 #72E7C7

square

#8D72E7 #E77292 #CCE772 #72E7C7

split-complementary

#8D72E7 #E7C772 #92E772

monochromatic

#4520BE #633EDE #8D72E7 #B7A6F0 #E2DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8D72E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8D72E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72E7

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72E7	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4287EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.170 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39bef',
    500: '#8d72e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72e7;
$custom-light: #b39bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63205,
    "c": 0.17025,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72E7

secondary

#E4EDC8

accent

#D313A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72E7

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

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