#8E72DF#8E72DF

#8E72DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.160 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E72DF
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 223)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 48.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 35.43, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 62.94, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0626 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.16 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4884, 23.1124, 72.6525)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E72DF #C3DF72

analogous

#728CDF #8E72DF #C472DF

triadic

#8E72DF #DF8E72 #72DF8E

tetradic

#8E72DF #DF728C #C3DF72 #72DFC4

square

#8E72DF #DF728C #C3DF72 #72DFC4

split-complementary

#8E72DF #DFC472 #8CDF72

monochromatic

#4A28AF #6640D4 #8E72DF #B6A4EA #DED6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E72DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8E72DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E72DF

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E72DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E72DF	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4986E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e72df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.160 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39be9',
    500: '#8e72df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e72df;
$custom-light: #b39be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e72df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.413,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62811,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E72DF

secondary

#DFE8C4

accent

#CB1B9E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E72DF

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

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