#8879CA

Closest named color: Deep Lilac (#966EBD). oklch(62.4% 0.12 291), rgb(136, 121, 202).

Black text reads best on this color (5.63:1).

About this color

#8879CA is a medium-light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 62%, its chroma 0.120 and its hue 291°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Deep Lilac (#966EBD), ΔE 0.036 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.63:1.

Hue family	Purples
Lightness	medium-light (62%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.120)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Deep Lilac (#966EBD)
Black text	5.63:1
White text	3.72:1

Values

HEX	#8879CA
RGB	rgb(136, 121, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 63%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.12 291)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8879CA	3.72:1	AA large text	Lc -70.2	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8879CA	5.63:1	AA	Lc 39.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8879CA text on white	3.72:1	AA large text	Lc 64.7	Content text, not long reading
#8879CA text on black	5.63:1	AA	Lc -36.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5FA

oklch(97.2% 0.007 286.3)
Step 100
100

#E9E8F5

oklch(93.6% 0.017 289.6)
Step 200
200

#D9D6EE

oklch(88.6% 0.033 291.5)
Step 300
300

#C0BBE5

oklch(81% 0.059 290.5)
Step 400
400

#A096D7

oklch(70.6% 0.094 290.8)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8879CA

oklch(62.4% 0.12 291)
Step 600
600

#7563B9

oklch(55.6% 0.13 291.2)
Step 700
700

#6252A0

oklch(49.2% 0.122 290.7)
Step 800
800

#504381

oklch(42.7% 0.1 291.2)
Step 900
900

#423968

oklch(37.7% 0.079 290.9)
Step 950
950

#27223D

oklch(27.1% 0.049 291.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#8879CA with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#6086CD	0.059
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#6183C8	0.057
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#788898	0.100
Achromatopsia (no color)	#848484	0.121