#8F79A9#8F79A9

#8F79A9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.075 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F79A9
RGB	rgb(143, 121, 169)
HSL	hsl(268, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 18.18, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 28.87, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0434 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.075 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3251, 22.3791, 40.5138)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F79A9 #93A979

analogous

#797BA9 #8F79A9 #A779A9

triadic

#8F79A9 #A98F79 #79A98F

tetradic

#8F79A9 #A9797B #93A979 #79A9A7

square

#8F79A9 #A9797B #93A979 #79A9A7

split-complementary

#8F79A9 #A9A779 #7BA979

monochromatic

#524266 #70598B #8F79A9 #AE9EC1 #CDC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8F79A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8F79A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F79A9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F79A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F79A9	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7081AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f79a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 121, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.075 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fc2',
    500: '#8f79a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f79a9;
$custom-light: #b09fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f79a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61421,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F79A9

secondary

#C0C9B5

accent

#BE6997

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F5F2F7

border

#CFCCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F79A9

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

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