#8979DF#8979DF

#8979DF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.149 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979DF
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 223)
HSL	hsl(249, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(249, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 30.10, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 58.46, 300.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.0477 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.149 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4695, 24.3199, 72.8866)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979DF #CFDF79

analogous

#799CDF #8979DF #BC79DF

triadic

#8979DF #DF8979 #79DF89

tetradic

#8979DF #DF799C #CFDF79 #79DFBC

square

#8979DF #DF799C #CFDF79 #79DFBC

split-complementary

#8979DF #DFBC79 #9CDF79

monochromatic

#402BB3 #5D48D3 #8979DF #B5AAEB #E0DCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8979DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8979DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979DF

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979DF	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.149 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0e9',
    500: '#8979df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979df;
$custom-light: #afa0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.412,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979DF

secondary

#E5EACA

accent

#C91CAE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979DF

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

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