#8E72E8#8E72E8

#8E72E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.172 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E72E8
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 232)
HSL	hsl(254, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 37.84, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 67.80, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0634 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.172 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7342, 23.6108, 79.2136)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E72E8 #CCE872

analogous

#7291E8 #8E72E8 #C972E8

triadic

#8E72E8 #E88E72 #72E88E

tetradic

#8E72E8 #E87291 #CCE872 #72E8C9

square

#8E72E8 #E87291 #CCE872 #72E8C9

split-complementary

#8E72E8 #E8C972 #91E872

monochromatic

#461FC0 #643DDF #8E72E8 #B8A7F1 #E2DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8E72E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8E72E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E72E8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E72E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E72E8	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)

#4187EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e72e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.172 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39bf0',
    500: '#8e72e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e72e8;
$custom-light: #b39bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e72e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63355,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E72E8

secondary

#E4EDC9

accent

#D411A6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E72E8

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

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