#8A79BF#8A79BF

#8A79BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.105 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79BF
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 191)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 36.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 21.91, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 40.75, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0432 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.105 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7203, 22.8392, 52.2808)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79BF #AEBF79

analogous

#798BBF #8A79BF #AD79BF

triadic

#8A79BF #BF8A79 #79BF8A

tetradic

#8A79BF #BF798B #AEBF79 #79BFAD

square

#8A79BF #BF798B #AEBF79 #79BFAD

split-complementary

#8A79BF #BFAD79 #8BBF79

monochromatic

#4E3D80 #6751AA #8A79BF #AEA2D3 #D2CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A79BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A79BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79BF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79BF	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.105 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd2',
    500: '#8a79bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79bf;
$custom-light: #ad9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79BF

secondary

#D1D7BD

accent

#AE3791

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79BF

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

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