#8A79CF#8A79CF

#8A79CF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.127 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79CF
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 207)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 41.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 26.06, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 49.65, 301.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0464 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.127 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5782, 23.5824, 62.0656)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79CF #BECF79

analogous

#7993CF #8A79CF #B579CF

triadic

#8A79CF #CF8A79 #79CF8A

tetradic

#8A79CF #CF7993 #BECF79 #79CFB5

square

#8A79CF #CF7993 #BECF79 #79CFB5

split-complementary

#8A79CF #CFB579 #93CF79

monochromatic

#493697 #634CBF #8A79CF #B1A6DF #D9D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A79CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A79CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79CF

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79CF	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E87D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F84CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.127 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea0de',
    500: '#8a79cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79cf;
$custom-light: #aea0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.86,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62814,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79CF

secondary

#DBE1C3

accent

#BB2B9E

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79CF

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

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