#8979DC#8979DC

#8979DC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.145 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979DC
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 220)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 29.28, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 56.81, 301.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0473 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.145 289)
XYZ	xyz(30.0686, 24.1595, 70.7753)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979DC #CCDC79

analogous

#799BDC #8979DC #BB79DC

triadic

#8979DC #DC8979 #79DC89

tetradic

#8979DC #DC799B #CCDC79 #79DCBB

square

#8979DC #DC799B #CCDC79 #79DCBB

split-complementary

#8979DC #DCBB79 #9BDC79

monochromatic

#422DAD #5E48CF #8979DC #B4AAE9 #DEDAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8979DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8979DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979DC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979DC	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5689E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#738CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.145 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e7',
    500: '#8979dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979dc;
$custom-light: #afa0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.697,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63449,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.2416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979DC

secondary

#E3E8C9

accent

#C61FAB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979DC

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

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