#8A79DD#8A79DD

#8A79DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.147 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79DD
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 221)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 45.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 29.81, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 57.38, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0486 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.147 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3662, 24.2976, 71.4826)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79DD #CCDD79

analogous

#799ADD #8A79DD #BC79DD

triadic

#8A79DD #DD8A79 #79DD8A

tetradic

#8A79DD #DD799A #CCDD79 #79DDBC

square

#8A79DD #DD799A #CCDD79 #79DDBC

split-complementary

#8A79DD #DDBC79 #9ADD79

monochromatic

#432CAF #5F48D1 #8A79DD #B5AAE9 #DFDBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A79DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8A79DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79DD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79DD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5589E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.147 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0e8',
    500: '#8a79dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79dd;
$custom-light: #b0a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6359,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79DD

secondary

#E3E9C9

accent

#C71EAA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79DD

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

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