#8A79C2#8A79C2

#8A79C2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.109 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79C2
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 194)
HSL	hsl(254, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(254, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 37.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 22.68, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 42.43, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0439 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.109 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0538, 22.9726, 54.0373)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79C2 #B1C279

analogous

#798DC2 #8A79C2 #AF79C2

triadic

#8A79C2 #C28A79 #79C28A

tetradic

#8A79C2 #C2798D #B1C279 #79C2AF

square

#8A79C2 #C2798D #B1C279 #79C2AF

split-complementary

#8A79C2 #C2AF79 #8DC279

monochromatic

#4D3C84 #664FAE #8A79C2 #AFA3D5 #D3CDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A79C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A79C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79C2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79C2	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6585C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.109 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fd4',
    500: '#8a79c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79c2;
$custom-light: #ae9fd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.973,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62136,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79C2

secondary

#D3D9BE

accent

#B03594

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FA

border

#CECCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79C2

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

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