#8A79BC#8A79BC

#8A79BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79BC
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 21.16, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 39.08, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.0425 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.101 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3935, 22.7085, 50.5599)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79BC #ABBC79

analogous

#7989BC #8A79BC #AB79BC

triadic

#8A79BC #BC8A79 #79BC8A

tetradic

#8A79BC #BC7989 #ABBC79 #79BCAB

square

#8A79BC #BC7989 #ABBC79 #79BCAB

split-complementary

#8A79BC #BCAB79 #89BC79

monochromatic

#4E3E7C #6853A5 #8A79BC #AEA2D0 #D1CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A79BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A79BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79BC

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79BC	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd0',
    500: '#8a79bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79bc;
$custom-light: #ad9fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.224,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61838,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79BC

secondary

#CFD5BC

accent

#AC398F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79BC

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

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