#8D79BF#8D79BF

#8D79BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.105 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D79BF
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 191)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(257, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 36.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 22.80, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 40.87, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0468 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.105 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2236, 23.0988, 52.3044)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D79BF #ABBF79

analogous

#7988BF #8D79BF #B079BF

triadic

#8D79BF #BF8D79 #79BF8D

tetradic

#8D79BF #BF7988 #ABBF79 #79BFB0

square

#8D79BF #BF7988 #ABBF79 #79BFB0

split-complementary

#8D79BF #BFB079 #88BF79

monochromatic

#503D80 #6A51AA #8D79BF #B0A2D3 #D3CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8D79BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8D79BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D79BF

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D79BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D79BF	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d79bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.105 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0d2',
    500: '#8d79bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d79bf;
$custom-light: #b0a0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d79bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62255,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D79BF

secondary

#D0D7BD

accent

#AE378C

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D79BF

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

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