#8A79CB#8A79CB

#8A79CB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.122 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79CB
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 203)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 40.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 25.00, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 47.43, 301.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0457 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.122 292)
XYZ	xyz(28.0953, 23.3893, 59.5227)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79CB #BACB79

analogous

#7991CB #8A79CB #B379CB

triadic

#8A79CB #CB8A79 #79CB8A

tetradic

#8A79CB #CB7991 #BACB79 #79CBB3

square

#8A79CB #CB7991 #BACB79 #79CBB3

split-complementary

#8A79CB #CBB379 #91CB79

monochromatic

#4B3891 #644DBA #8A79CB #B0A5DC #D7D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A79CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A79CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79CB

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79CB	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6086CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.122 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0db',
    500: '#8a79cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79cb;
$custom-light: #aea0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.439,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62601,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.2339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79CB

secondary

#D8DEC1

accent

#B72E9B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79CB

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

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