#8D79BC#8D79BC

#8D79BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D79BC
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(258, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 22.06, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 39.21, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0461 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.101 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8969, 22.9681, 50.5834)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D79BC #A8BC79

analogous

#7986BC #8D79BC #AE79BC

triadic

#8D79BC #BC8D79 #79BC8D

tetradic

#8D79BC #BC7986 #A8BC79 #79BCAE

square

#8D79BC #BC7986 #A8BC79 #79BCAE

split-complementary

#8D79BC #BCAE79 #86BC79

monochromatic

#513E7C #6B53A5 #8D79BC #B0A2D0 #D2CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8D79BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8D79BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D79BC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D79BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D79BC	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#6884BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d79bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0d0',
    500: '#8d79bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d79bc;
$custom-light: #afa0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d79bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D79BC

secondary

#CED5BC

accent

#AC398A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D79BC

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

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