#8B79CD#8B79CD

#8B79CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.125 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B79CD
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 25.81, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 48.57, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0472 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.125 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5015, 23.5709, 60.7938)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B79CD #BBCD79

analogous

#7991CD #8B79CD #B579CD

triadic

#8B79CD #CD8B79 #79CD8B

tetradic

#8B79CD #CD7991 #BBCD79 #79CDB5

square

#8B79CD #CD7991 #BBCD79 #79CDB5

split-complementary

#8B79CD #CDB579 #91CD79

monochromatic

#4B3794 #644CBC #8B79CD #B2A6DE #D8D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8B79CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8B79CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B79CD

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B79CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B79CD	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F87D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b79cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.125 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0dc',
    500: '#8b79cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b79cd;
$custom-light: #afa0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b79cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62794,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B79CD

secondary

#D9E0C2

accent

#B92D9B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B79CD

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

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