#8A79CD#8A79CD

#8A79CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.125 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79CD
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 25.53, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 48.54, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.0461 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.125 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3352, 23.4852, 60.7860)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79CD #BCCD79

analogous

#7992CD #8A79CD #B479CD

triadic

#8A79CD #CD8A79 #79CD8A

tetradic

#8A79CD #CD7992 #BCCD79 #79CDB4

square

#8A79CD #CD7992 #BCCD79 #79CDB4

split-complementary

#8A79CD #CDB479 #92CD79

monochromatic

#4A3794 #634CBC #8A79CD #B1A6DE #D8D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A79CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A79CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79CD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79CD	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F86D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.125 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0dc',
    500: '#8a79cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79cd;
$custom-light: #aea0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62707,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79CD

secondary

#DAE0C2

accent

#B92D9C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79CD

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

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