#8A79BA#8A79BA

#8A79BA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.098 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79BA
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 20.66, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 37.96, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.042 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.098 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1794, 22.6229, 49.4323)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79BA #A9BA79

analogous

#7988BA #8A79BA #AA79BA

triadic

#8A79BA #BA8A79 #79BA8A

tetradic

#8A79BA #BA7988 #A9BA79 #79BAAA

square

#8A79BA #BA7988 #A9BA79 #79BAAA

split-complementary

#8A79BA #BAAA79 #88BA79

monochromatic

#4E3F7A #6854A2 #8A79BA #ADA1CF #D1CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A79BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A79BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79BA

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79BA	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6883BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.098 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fcf',
    500: '#8a79ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79ba;
$custom-light: #ad9fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.692,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61741,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79BA

secondary

#CDD4BB

accent

#AB3B8D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79BA

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

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