#8A79D9#8A79D9

#8A79D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79D9
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 217)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 44.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 28.73, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 55.18, 301.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.048 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.141 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8396, 24.0870, 68.7093)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79D9 #C8D979

analogous

#7998D9 #8A79D9 #BA79D9

triadic

#8A79D9 #D98A79 #79D98A

tetradic

#8A79D9 #D97998 #C8D979 #79D9BA

square

#8A79D9 #D97998 #C8D979 #79D9BA

split-complementary

#8A79D9 #D9BA79 #98D979

monochromatic

#4530A8 #6049CB #8A79D9 #B4A9E7 #DDD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A79D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A79D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79D9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79D9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5889DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e5',
    500: '#8a79d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79d9;
$custom-light: #afa0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.625,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79D9

secondary

#E1E7C7

accent

#C322A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79D9

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

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