#8E79EE#8E79EE

#8E79EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.169 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E79EE
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 35.44, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 66.68, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0553 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.169 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4210, 25.5975, 84.0522)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E79EE #D9EE79

analogous

#799FEE #8E79EE #C879EE

triadic

#8E79EE #EE8E79 #79EE8E

tetradic

#8E79EE #EE799F #D9EE79 #79EEC8

square

#8E79EE #EE799F #D9EE79 #79EEC8

split-complementary

#8E79EE #EEC879 #9FEE79

monochromatic

#3C1BD2 #6043E7 #8E79EE #BCAFF5 #E8E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8E79EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8E79EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E79EE

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E79EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E79EE	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#498DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7391A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e79ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.169 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a0f4',
    500: '#8e79ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e79ee;
$custom-light: #b4a0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e79ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64928,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E79EE

secondary

#ECF1D1

accent

#DA0CB5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E79EE

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

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