#8A79DB#8A79DB

#8A79DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.144 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79DB
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 219)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 29.27, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 56.28, 301.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0483 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.144 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1013, 24.1917, 70.0876)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79DB #CADB79

analogous

#7999DB #8A79DB #BB79DB

triadic

#8A79DB #DB8A79 #79DB8A

tetradic

#8A79DB #DB7999 #CADB79 #79DBBB

square

#8A79DB #DB7999 #CADB79 #79DBBB

split-complementary

#8A79DB #DBBB79 #99DB79

monochromatic

#442EAC #6049CE #8A79DB #B4A9E8 #DED9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A79DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8A79DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79DB

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79DB	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5789DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.144 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e6',
    500: '#8a79db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79db;
$custom-light: #afa0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.408,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63477,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79DB

secondary

#E2E8C8

accent

#C520A9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79DB

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

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