#8979DA#8979DA

#8979DA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.143 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979DA
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 218)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(250, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 44.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 28.74, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 55.71, 301.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.047 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.143 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8054, 24.0542, 69.3886)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979DA #CADA79

analogous

#799ADA #8979DA #BA79DA

triadic

#8979DA #DA8979 #79DA89

tetradic

#8979DA #DA799A #CADA79 #79DABA

square

#8979DA #DA799A #CADA79 #79DABA

split-complementary

#8979DA #DABA79 #9ADA79

monochromatic

#432FAA #5F49CD #8979DA #B3A9E7 #DDD9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8979DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8979DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979DA

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979DA	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5789DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.143 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e6',
    500: '#8979da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979da;
$custom-light: #afa0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.897,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979DA

secondary

#E2E7C8

accent

#C421A9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979DA

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

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