#8E72F5#8E72F5

#8E72F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.188 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E72F5
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 245)
HSL	hsl(253, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 53.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 41.37, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 74.76, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.064 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.188 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6495, 24.3769, 89.3008)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E72F5 #D9F572

analogous

#7298F5 #8E72F5 #CF72F5

triadic

#8E72F5 #F58E72 #72F58E

tetradic

#8E72F5 #F57298 #D9F572 #72F5CF

square

#8E72F5 #F57298 #D9F572 #72F5CF

split-complementary

#8E72F5 #F5CF72 #98F572

monochromatic

#3C10DD #6039F1 #8E72F5 #BCABF9 #E8E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8E72F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8E72F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E72F5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E72F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E72F5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#318AF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3584F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e72f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.188 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b59bf9',
    500: '#8e72f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e72f5;
$custom-light: #b59bf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e72f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.824,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64172,
    "c": 0.1883,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E72F5

secondary

#ECF3CF

accent

#E302B3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E72F5

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

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