#8A79D2#8A79D2

#8A79D2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.132 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D2
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 210)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 42.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 26.85, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 51.31, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0469 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.132 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9484, 23.7305, 64.0155)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D2 #C1D279

analogous

#7994D2 #8A79D2 #B779D2

triadic

#8A79D2 #D28A79 #79D28A

tetradic

#8A79D2 #D27994 #C1D279 #79D2B7

square

#8A79D2 #D27994 #C1D279 #79D2B7

split-complementary

#8A79D2 #D2B779 #94D279

monochromatic

#48349C #624BC3 #8A79D2 #B2A7E1 #DAD5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A79D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A79D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D2	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C87D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.132 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e0',
    500: '#8a79d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d2;
$custom-light: #afa0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.461,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62976,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D2

secondary

#DDE3C4

accent

#BD28A1

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D2

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

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