#8979E2#8979E2

#8979E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.153 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979E2
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 226)
HSL	hsl(249, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 46.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 30.93, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 60.11, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0481 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.153 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8776, 24.4831, 75.0356)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979E2 #D2E279

analogous

#799DE2 #8979E2 #BD79E2

triadic

#8979E2 #E28979 #79E289

tetradic

#8979E2 #E2799D #D2E279 #79E2BD

square

#8979E2 #E2799D #D2E279 #79E2BD

split-complementary

#8979E2 #E2BD79 #9DE279

monochromatic

#3E28B9 #5D47D7 #8979E2 #B5ABED #E2DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8979E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8979E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979E2

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979E2	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.153 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0eb',
    500: '#8979e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979e2;
$custom-light: #afa0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63795,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979E2

secondary

#E7EBCB

accent

#CC19B1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979E2

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

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