#8A79CE#8A79CE

#8A79CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79CE
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 206)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 41.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 25.79, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 49.10, 301.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0462 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.126 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4563, 23.5336, 61.4237)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79CE #BDCE79

analogous

#7993CE #8A79CE #B579CE

triadic

#8A79CE #CE8A79 #79CE8A

tetradic

#8A79CE #CE7993 #BDCE79 #79CEB5

square

#8A79CE #CE7993 #BDCE79 #79CEB5

split-complementary

#8A79CE #CEB579 #93CE79

monochromatic

#4A3796 #634CBE #8A79CE #B1A6DE #D8D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A79CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A79CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79CE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79CE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F87D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0dd',
    500: '#8a79ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79ce;
$custom-light: #aea0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6276,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79CE

secondary

#DAE0C3

accent

#BA2C9D

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79CE

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

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