#8978F6#8978F6

#8978F6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.181 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8978F6
RGB	rgb(137, 120, 246)
HSL	hsl(248, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(248, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 51.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 37.09, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 71.60, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0511 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.182 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6628, 25.4037, 90.3006)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8978F6 #E5F678

analogous

#78A6F6 #8978F6 #C878F6

triadic

#8978F6 #F68978 #78F689

tetradic

#8978F6 #F678A6 #E5F678 #78F6C8

square

#8978F6 #F678A6 #E5F678 #78F6C8

split-complementary

#8978F6 #F6C878 #A6F678

monochromatic

#2C0FE4 #573FF2 #8978F6 #BBB1FA #E6E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8978F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8978F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8978F6

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8978F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8978F6	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D8DFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B86F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6793AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8978f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 120, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.181 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ffa',
    500: '#8978f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8978f6;
$custom-light: #b19ffa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8978f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.095,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.1815,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8978F6

secondary

#F1F5D5

accent

#E401C5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8978F6

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

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