#8A79DA#8A79DA

#8A79DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.143 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79DA
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 44.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 29.00, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 55.73, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0482 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.143 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9701, 24.1392, 69.3963)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79DA #C9DA79

analogous

#7999DA #8A79DA #BB79DA

triadic

#8A79DA #DA8A79 #79DA8A

tetradic

#8A79DA #DA7999 #C9DA79 #79DABB

square

#8A79DA #DA7999 #C9DA79 #79DABB

split-complementary

#8A79DA #DABB79 #99DA79

monochromatic

#442FAA #6049CD #8A79DA #B4A9E7 #DED9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A79DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A79DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79DA

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79DA	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5789DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5885D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.143 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e6',
    500: '#8a79da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79da;
$custom-light: #afa0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.515,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6342,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79DA

secondary

#E2E7C8

accent

#C421A8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79DA

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

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