#8A79DC#8A79DC

#8A79DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.145 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79DC
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 220)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 29.54, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 56.83, 301.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0485 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.145 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2334, 24.2445, 70.7830)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79DC #CBDC79

analogous

#799ADC #8A79DC #BC79DC

triadic

#8A79DC #DC8A79 #79DC8A

tetradic

#8A79DC #DC799A #CBDC79 #79DCBC

square

#8A79DC #DC799A #CBDC79 #79DCBC

split-complementary

#8A79DC #DCBC79 #9ADC79

monochromatic

#432DAD #6048CF #8A79DC #B4AAE9 #DFDAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A79DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A79DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79DC

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79DC	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5689E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.145 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e7',
    500: '#8a79dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79dc;
$custom-light: #afa0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.303,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79DC

secondary

#E3E8C9

accent

#C61FAA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79DC

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

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