#8D79BB#8D79BB

#8D79BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D79BB
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(258, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 21.81, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 38.66, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0458 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.1 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7895, 22.9251, 50.0177)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D79BB #A7BB79

analogous

#7986BB #8D79BB #AE79BB

triadic

#8D79BB #BB8D79 #79BB8D

tetradic

#8D79BB #BB7986 #A7BB79 #79BBAE

square

#8D79BB #BB7986 #A7BB79 #79BBAE

split-complementary

#8D79BB #BBAE79 #86BB79

monochromatic

#513E7B #6C53A4 #8D79BB #B0A2D0 #D2CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8D79BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8D79BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D79BB

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D79BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D79BB	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6984BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d79bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0cf',
    500: '#8d79bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d79bb;
$custom-light: #afa0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d79bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62059,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D79BB

secondary

#CDD5BB

accent

#AB3A89

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D79BB

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

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