#8E72CD#8E72CD

#8E72CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.136 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E72CD
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(258, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 30.72, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 53.15, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0604 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.136 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1894, 22.1928, 60.5443)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E72CD #B1CD72

analogous

#7283CD #8E72CD #BC72CD

triadic

#8E72CD #CD8E72 #72CD8E

tetradic

#8E72CD #CD7283 #B1CD72 #72CDBC

square

#8E72CD #CD7283 #B1CD72 #72CDBC

split-complementary

#8E72CD #CDBC72 #83CD72

monochromatic

#503391 #6A45BD #8E72CD #B29FDD #D6CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8E72CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8E72CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E72CD

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E72CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E72CD	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5682D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e72cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.136 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19bdc',
    500: '#8e72cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e72cd;
$custom-light: #b19bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e72cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E72CD

secondary

#D4DEBD

accent

#BB2B8F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E72CD

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

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