#8D79ED — Violet

#8D79ED is a violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a balanced medium violet, and it is also commonly known as Violet, Amethyst. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8D79ED color swatch, violet#8D79ED
CSS Namemediumpurple (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f5f4fe
100#e9e7fb
200#d7d4fc
300#bdb6fd
400#a091f7
500#8a74ee
600#7962d7
700#654eba
800#54409d
900#473587
950#291e53

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.45:1
Contrast on black
6.09:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.012 288.7); /* #f5f4fe */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.026 288.7); /* #e9e7fb */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.055 288.7); /* #d7d4fc */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.099 288.7); /* #bdb6fd */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.146 288.7); /* #a091f7 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.176 288.7); /* #8a74ee */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.173 288.7); /* #7962d7 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.162 288.7); /* #654eba */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.145 288.7); /* #54409d */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.131 288.7); /* #473587 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.092 288.7); /* #291e53 */
}

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