#8A79D1#8A79D1

#8A79D1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.130 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D1
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 209)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 42.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 26.59, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 50.76, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0468 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.13 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8242, 23.6808, 63.3614)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D1 #C0D179

analogous

#7994D1 #8A79D1 #B679D1

triadic

#8A79D1 #D18A79 #79D18A

tetradic

#8A79D1 #D17994 #C0D179 #79D1B6

square

#8A79D1 #D17994 #C0D179 #79D1B6

split-complementary

#8A79D1 #D1B679 #94D179

monochromatic

#49359B #624BC1 #8A79D1 #B2A7E1 #DAD4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A79D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A79D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D1

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D1	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D87D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.130 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0df',
    500: '#8a79d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d1;
$custom-light: #afa0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.591,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62922,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D1

secondary

#DCE2C4

accent

#BC29A0

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D1

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

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