#8A79C8#8A79C8

#8A79C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79C8
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(253, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 24.22, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 45.77, 301.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0451 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.118 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7413, 23.2476, 57.6581)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79C8 #B7C879

analogous

#798FC8 #8A79C8 #B179C8

triadic

#8A79C8 #C88A79 #79C88A

tetradic

#8A79C8 #C8798F #B7C879 #79C8B1

square

#8A79C8 #C8798F #B7C879 #79C8B1

split-complementary

#8A79C8 #C8B179 #8FC879

monochromatic

#4C3A8D #644EB6 #8A79C8 #B0A4DA #D6D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79C8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79C8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6286CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fd9',
    500: '#8a79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79c8;
$custom-light: #ae9fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.911,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79C8

secondary

#D6DDC0

accent

#B53198

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79C8

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

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