#8D79AE#8D79AE

#8D79AE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.082 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D79AE
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 174)
HSL	hsl(263, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(263, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 30.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 18.68, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 31.45, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0424 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.082 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4603, 22.3934, 43.0172)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D79AE #9AAE79

analogous

#797FAE #8D79AE #A879AE

triadic

#8D79AE #AE8D79 #79AE8D

tetradic

#8D79AE #AE797F #9AAE79 #79AEA8

square

#8D79AE #AE797F #9AAE79 #79AEA8

split-complementary

#8D79AE #AEA879 #7FAE79

monochromatic

#51416C #6E5892 #8D79AE #AD9FC5 #CEC5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8D79AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8D79AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D79AE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D79AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D79AE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E82B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d79ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.082 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fc6',
    500: '#8d79ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d79ae;
$custom-light: #af9fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d79ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61454,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D79AE

secondary

#C4CCB7

accent

#C1679F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D79AE

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

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