#8A79D7#8A79D7

#8A79D7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.138 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D7
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 215)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 43.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 28.19, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 54.07, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0477 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.138 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5811, 23.9836, 67.3475)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D7 #C6D779

analogous

#7997D7 #8A79D7 #B979D7

triadic

#8A79D7 #D78A79 #79D78A

tetradic

#8A79D7 #D77997 #C6D779 #79D7B9

square

#8A79D7 #D77997 #C6D779 #79D7B9

split-complementary

#8A79D7 #D7B979 #97D779

monochromatic

#4631A4 #614AC9 #8A79D7 #B3A8E5 #DCD7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A79D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A79D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D7

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D7	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5988DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A84D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.138 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e4',
    500: '#8a79d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d7;
$custom-light: #afa0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.851,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63252,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D7

secondary

#E0E5C6

accent

#C124A5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E15

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D7

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

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