#8A79BB#8A79BB

#8A79BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.099 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79BB
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 20.91, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 38.52, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.0423 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.099 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2861, 22.6656, 49.9941)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79BB #AABB79

analogous

#7989BB #8A79BB #AB79BB

triadic

#8A79BB #BB8A79 #79BB8A

tetradic

#8A79BB #BB7989 #AABB79 #79BBAB

square

#8A79BB #BB7989 #AABB79 #79BBAB

split-complementary

#8A79BB #BBAB79 #89BB79

monochromatic

#4E3E7B #6853A4 #8A79BB #ADA2D0 #D1CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A79BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A79BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79BB

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79BB	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6883BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.099 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fcf',
    500: '#8a79bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79bb;
$custom-light: #ad9fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61789,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79BB

secondary

#CED5BB

accent

#AB3A8E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79BB

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

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