#8A79D3#8A79D3

#8A79D3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.133 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D3
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 211)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 42.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 27.12, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 51.86, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0471 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.133 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0734, 23.7805, 64.6737)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D3 #C2D379

analogous

#7995D3 #8A79D3 #B779D3

triadic

#8A79D3 #D38A79 #79D38A

tetradic

#8A79D3 #D37995 #C2D379 #79D3B7

square

#8A79D3 #D37995 #C2D379 #79D3B7

split-complementary

#8A79D3 #D3B779 #95D379

monochromatic

#48349E #624BC4 #8A79D3 #B2A7E2 #DAD5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A79D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A79D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D3	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C87D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.133 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e1',
    500: '#8a79d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d3;
$custom-light: #afa0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63031,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D3

secondary

#DDE3C5

accent

#BE28A2

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D3

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

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