#8A79D8#8A79D8

#8A79D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.140 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D8
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 216)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 44%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 28.46, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 54.62, 301.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0479 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.14 290)
XYZ	xyz(29.7100, 24.0351, 68.0263)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D8 #C7D879

analogous

#7997D8 #8A79D8 #B979D8

triadic

#8A79D8 #D88A79 #79D88A

tetradic

#8A79D8 #D87997 #C7D879 #79D8B9

square

#8A79D8 #D87997 #C7D879 #79D8B9

split-complementary

#8A79D8 #D8B979 #97D879

monochromatic

#4530A6 #614ACA #8A79D8 #B3A8E6 #DDD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A79D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A79D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D8	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5988DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A84D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.140 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e4',
    500: '#8a79d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d8;
$custom-light: #afa0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.737,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.24036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D8

secondary

#E0E6C7

accent

#C223A6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D8

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

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