#8A79CA#8A79CA

#8A79CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79CA
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 40.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 24.74, -39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 46.88, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.0455 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.12 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9766, 23.3417, 58.8971)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79CA #B9CA79

analogous

#7990CA #8A79CA #B379CA

triadic

#8A79CA #CA8A79 #79CA8A

tetradic

#8A79CA #CA7990 #B9CA79 #79CAB3

square

#8A79CA #CA7990 #B9CA79 #79CAB3

split-complementary

#8A79CA #CAB379 #90CA79

monochromatic

#4B3990 #644DB9 #8A79CA #B0A5DB #D7D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A79CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A79CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79CA

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79CA	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6186CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0da',
    500: '#8a79ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79ca;
$custom-light: #aea0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.593,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79CA

secondary

#D8DEC1

accent

#B62F9A

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79CA

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

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