#8A79D5#8A79D5

#8A79D5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.136 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D5
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 213)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 43.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 27.65, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 52.97, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0474 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.136 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3257, 23.8814, 66.0024)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D5 #C4D579

analogous

#7996D5 #8A79D5 #B879D5

triadic

#8A79D5 #D58A79 #79D58A

tetradic

#8A79D5 #D57996 #C4D579 #79D5B8

square

#8A79D5 #D57996 #C4D579 #79D5B8

split-complementary

#8A79D5 #D5B879 #96D579

monochromatic

#4732A1 #614AC6 #8A79D5 #B3A8E4 #DBD6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A79D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A79D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D5	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B88D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.136 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e2',
    500: '#8a79d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d5;
$custom-light: #afa0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.087,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D5

secondary

#DFE4C5

accent

#C026A3

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D5

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

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