#8978EE#8978EE

#8978EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.171 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978EE
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 34.84, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 67.27, 301.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.0505 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.171 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4612, 24.9231, 83.9726)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978EE #DDEE78

analogous

#78A2EE #8978EE #C478EE

triadic

#8978EE #EE8978 #78EE89

tetradic

#8978EE #EE78A2 #DDEE78 #78EEC4

square

#8978EE #EE78A2 #DDEE78 #78EEC4

split-complementary

#8978EE #EEC478 #A2EE78

monochromatic

#351AD1 #5942E7 #8978EE #B9AEF5 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8978EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8978EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978EE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978EE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#468CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.171 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09ff4',
    500: '#8978ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978ee;
$custom-light: #b09ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.644,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64337,
    "c": 0.17095,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978EE

secondary

#EDF1D1

accent

#DA0CBC

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978EE

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

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