#8E72EA#8E72EA

#8E72EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.174 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E72EA
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 234)
HSL	hsl(254, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 38.38, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 68.88, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0635 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.174 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0199, 23.7250, 80.7183)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E72EA #CEEA72

analogous

#7292EA #8E72EA #CA72EA

triadic

#8E72EA #EA8E72 #72EA8E

tetradic

#8E72EA #EA7292 #CEEA72 #72EACA

square

#8E72EA #EA7292 #CEEA72 #72EACA

split-complementary

#8E72EA #EACA72 #92EA72

monochromatic

#441DC4 #633DE2 #8E72EA #B9A7F2 #E3DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E72EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8E72EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E72EA

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E72EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E72EA	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F88EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4383E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e72ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.174 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b49bf1',
    500: '#8e72ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e72ea;
$custom-light: #b49bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e72ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E72EA

secondary

#E6EECA

accent

#D60FA8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E72EA

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

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