#8A79AA#8A79AA

#8A79AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.075 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79AA
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 170)
HSL	hsl(261, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 16.77, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 29.03, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.0377 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.075 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5728, 21.9802, 40.9705)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79AA #99AA79

analogous

#7981AA #8A79AA #A279AA

triadic

#8A79AA #AA8A79 #79AA8A

tetradic

#8A79AA #AA7981 #99AA79 #79AAA2

square

#8A79AA #AA7981 #99AA79 #79AAA2

split-complementary

#8A79AA #AAA279 #81AA79

monochromatic

#4F4167 #6B598D #8A79AA #AB9EC2 #CBC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8A79AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8A79AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79AA

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79AA	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F81AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.075 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fc3',
    500: '#8a79aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79aa;
$custom-light: #ac9fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79AA

secondary

#C2C9B5

accent

#BF69A1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79AA

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

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