#8A79AE#8A79AE

#8A79AE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.081 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79AE
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 17.72, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 31.26, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.0389 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.081 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9569, 22.1339, 42.9936)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79AE #9DAE79

analogous

#7982AE #8A79AE #A479AE

triadic

#8A79AE #AE8A79 #79AE8A

tetradic

#8A79AE #AE7982 #9DAE79 #79AEA4

square

#8A79AE #AE7982 #9DAE79 #79AEA4

split-complementary

#8A79AE #AEA479 #82AE79

monochromatic

#4F416C #6B5892 #8A79AE #AB9FC5 #CDC5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8A79AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#8A79AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79AE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79AE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D82B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.081 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fc6',
    500: '#8a79ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79ae;
$custom-light: #ad9fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61179,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79AE

secondary

#C5CCB7

accent

#C167A4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79AE

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

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