#8A79BD#8A79BD

#8A79BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.102 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79BD
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 21.41, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 39.64, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0427 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.102 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5017, 22.7518, 51.1295)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79BD #ACBD79

analogous

#798ABD #8A79BD #AC79BD

triadic

#8A79BD #BD8A79 #79BD8A

tetradic

#8A79BD #BD798A #ACBD79 #79BDAC

square

#8A79BD #BD798A #ACBD79 #79BDAC

split-complementary

#8A79BD #BDAC79 #8ABD79

monochromatic

#4E3E7E #6752A7 #8A79BD #AEA2D1 #D2CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A79BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8A79BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79BD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79BD	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.102 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd1',
    500: '#8a79bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79bd;
$custom-light: #ad9fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61887,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79BD

secondary

#CFD6BC

accent

#AD3990

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79BD

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

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