#8A79DE#8A79DE

#8A79DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.148 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79DE
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 222)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 30.08, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 57.92, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0487 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.148 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4998, 24.3511, 72.1863)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79DE #CDDE79

analogous

#799BDE #8A79DE #BD79DE

triadic

#8A79DE #DE8A79 #79DE8A

tetradic

#8A79DE #DE799B #CDDE79 #79DEBD

square

#8A79DE #DE799B #CDDE79 #79DEBD

split-complementary

#8A79DE #DEBD79 #9BDE79

monochromatic

#422CB1 #5F48D2 #8A79DE #B5AAEA #E0DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A79DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A79DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79DE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79DE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5589E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.148 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0e9',
    500: '#8a79de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79de;
$custom-light: #b0a0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.099,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63648,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79DE

secondary

#E4E9C9

accent

#C81DAB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79DE

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

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