#8D79E1#8D79E1

#8D79E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.152 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D79E1
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 46.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 31.66, -50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 59.61, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0527 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.152 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4088, 24.7729, 74.3463)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D79E1 #CDE179

analogous

#7999E1 #8D79E1 #C179E1

triadic

#8D79E1 #E18D79 #79E18D

tetradic

#8D79E1 #E17999 #CDE179 #79E1C1

square

#8D79E1 #E17999 #CDE179 #79E1C1

split-complementary

#8D79E1 #E1C179 #99E179

monochromatic

#4429B7 #6247D6 #8D79E1 #B8ABEC #E2DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8D79E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8D79E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D79E1

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D79E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D79E1	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5586DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d79e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.152 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a0eb',
    500: '#8d79e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d79e1;
$custom-light: #b2a0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d79e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D79E1

secondary

#E5EBCB

accent

#CB1AA9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D79E1

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

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