#8D79B1#8D79B1

#8D79B1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.086 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D79B1
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 177)
HSL	hsl(261, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(261, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 19.39, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 33.11, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.0433 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.086 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7560, 22.5117, 44.5747)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D79B1 #9DB179

analogous

#7981B1 #8D79B1 #A979B1

triadic

#8D79B1 #B18D79 #79B18D

tetradic

#8D79B1 #B17981 #9DB179 #79B1A9

square

#8D79B1 #B17981 #9DB179 #79B1A9

split-complementary

#8D79B1 #B1A979 #81B179

monochromatic

#51416F #6D5796 #8D79B1 #AEA0C8 #CFC6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8D79B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8D79B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D79B1

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D79B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D79B1	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D82B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d79b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.086 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fc8',
    500: '#8d79b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d79b1;
$custom-light: #af9fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d79b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.08576,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D79B1

secondary

#C6CEB8

accent

#C365A1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D79B1

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

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