#8A79B0#8A79B0

#8A79B0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.084 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79B0
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 176)
HSL	hsl(259, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 18.20, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 32.37, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.0394 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.084 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1533, 22.2125, 44.0281)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79B0 #9FB079

analogous

#7983B0 #8A79B0 #A579B0

triadic

#8A79B0 #B08A79 #79B08A

tetradic

#8A79B0 #B07983 #9FB079 #79B0A5

square

#8A79B0 #B07983 #9FB079 #79B0A5

split-complementary

#8A79B0 #B0A579 #83B079

monochromatic

#4F416E #6A5794 #8A79B0 #ACA0C7 #CDC6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A79B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8A79B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79B0

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79B0	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C82B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.084 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fc7',
    500: '#8a79b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79b0;
$custom-light: #ad9fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 25.822,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6127,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79B0

secondary

#C7CDB7

accent

#C266A6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79B0

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

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