#8A79CC#8A79CC

#8A79CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79CC
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 204)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 40.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 25.27, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 47.99, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0459 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.123 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2149, 23.4371, 60.1523)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79CC #BBCC79

analogous

#7991CC #8A79CC #B379CC

triadic

#8A79CC #CC8A79 #79CC8A

tetradic

#8A79CC #CC7991 #BBCC79 #79CCB3

square

#8A79CC #CC7991 #BBCC79 #79CCB3

split-complementary

#8A79CC #CCB379 #91CC79

monochromatic

#4A3893 #634DBB #8A79CC #B1A5DD #D7D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A79CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8A79CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79CC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79CC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6086CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0dc',
    500: '#8a79cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79cc;
$custom-light: #aea0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.289,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62654,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79CC

secondary

#D9DFC2

accent

#B82D9C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79CC

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

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