#8D72E9#8D72E9

#8D72E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.173 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D72E9
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(254, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 37.87, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 68.33, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0622 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.173 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7058, 23.5796, 79.9558)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D72E9 #CEE972

analogous

#7293E9 #8D72E9 #C872E9

triadic

#8D72E9 #E98D72 #72E98D

tetradic

#8D72E9 #E97293 #CEE972 #72E9C8

square

#8D72E9 #E97293 #CEE972 #72E9C8

split-complementary

#8D72E9 #E9C872 #93E972

monochromatic

#441EC2 #623DE1 #8D72E9 #B8A7F1 #E3DCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8D72E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8D72E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D72E9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D72E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D72E9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4087ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4383E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d72e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.173 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39bf1',
    500: '#8d72e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d72e9;
$custom-light: #b39bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d72e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.613,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D72E9

secondary

#E5EEC9

accent

#D510A8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D72E9

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

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