#8978EF#8978EF

#8978EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.172 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978EF
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(249, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 35.12, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 67.81, 301.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0506 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.172 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6086, 24.9821, 84.7485)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978EF #DEEF78

analogous

#78A3EF #8978EF #C478EF

triadic

#8978EF #EF8978 #78EF89

tetradic

#8978EF #EF78A3 #DEEF78 #78EFC4

square

#8978EF #EF78A3 #DEEF78 #78EFC4

split-complementary

#8978EF #EFC478 #A3EF78

monochromatic

#3419D4 #5941E9 #8978EF #B9AFF5 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8978EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8978EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978EF

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978EF	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#458CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4386EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.172 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff5',
    500: '#8978ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978ef;
$custom-light: #b19ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64398,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978EF

secondary

#EDF2D1

accent

#DB0ABD

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978EF

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

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