Exploring the Color #8E72BE

#8E72BE sits at 262° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 37% saturation and 60% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 142, 114, 190 produces a 5.30:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8E72BE is a clear variant of CSS slate blue — about 46 units away from #6A5ACD. Designers reach for violet hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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