#8A79BE#8A79BE

#8A79BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.104 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79BE
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 21.66, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 40.19, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.043 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.104 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6106, 22.7954, 51.7032)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79BE #ADBE79

analogous

#798ABE #8A79BE #AC79BE

triadic

#8A79BE #BE8A79 #79BE8A

tetradic

#8A79BE #BE798A #ADBE79 #79BEAC

square

#8A79BE #BE798A #ADBE79 #79BEAC

split-complementary

#8A79BE #BEAC79 #8ABE79

monochromatic

#4E3E7F #6752A8 #8A79BE #AEA2D2 #D2CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79BE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79BE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.104 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd2',
    500: '#8a79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79be;
$custom-light: #ad9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.783,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61936,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79BE

secondary

#D0D6BC

accent

#AE3891

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79BE

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

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