#8B79BB#8B79BB

#8B79BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B79BB
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 21.21, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 38.56, 303.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.0434 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.099 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4524, 22.7513, 50.0019)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B79BB #A9BB79

analogous

#7988BB #8B79BB #AC79BB

triadic

#8B79BB #BB8B79 #79BB8B

tetradic

#8B79BB #BB7988 #A9BB79 #79BBAC

square

#8B79BB #BB7988 #A9BB79 #79BBAC

split-complementary

#8B79BB #BBAC79 #88BB79

monochromatic

#4F3E7B #6953A4 #8B79BB #AEA2D0 #D1CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8B79BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8B79BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B79BB

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B79BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B79BB	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6884BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b79bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fcf',
    500: '#8b79bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b79bb;
$custom-light: #ae9fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b79bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61879,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B79BB

secondary

#CED5BB

accent

#AB3A8D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B79BB

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

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