#8A79D4#8A79D4

#8A79D4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.134 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D4
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 212)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 27.38, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 52.42, 301.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0473 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.134 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1991, 23.8308, 65.3360)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D4 #C3D479

analogous

#7995D4 #8A79D4 #B779D4

triadic

#8A79D4 #D48A79 #79D48A

tetradic

#8A79D4 #D47995 #C3D479 #79D4B7

square

#8A79D4 #D47995 #C3D479 #79D4B7

split-complementary

#8A79D4 #D4B779 #95D479

monochromatic

#47339F #624BC5 #8A79D4 #B2A7E3 #DBD6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A79D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A79D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D4	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B88D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.134 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e1',
    500: '#8a79d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d4;
$custom-light: #afa0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.209,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63086,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D4

secondary

#DEE4C5

accent

#BF27A2

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D4

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

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