#8979E8#8979E8

#8979E8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.162 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979E8
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 232)
HSL	hsl(249, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 47.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 32.59, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 63.39, 300.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0487 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.162 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7153, 24.8182, 79.4476)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979E8 #D8E879

analogous

#79A1E8 #8979E8 #C179E8

triadic

#8979E8 #E88979 #79E889

tetradic

#8979E8 #E879A1 #D8E879 #79E8C1

square

#8979E8 #E879A1 #D8E879 #79E8C1

split-complementary

#8979E8 #E8C179 #A1E879

monochromatic

#3922C5 #5B45DF #8979E8 #B7ADF1 #E5E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8979E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8979E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979E8

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979E8	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E90A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.162 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0f0',
    500: '#8979e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979e8;
$custom-light: #b0a0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.649,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6415,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979E8

secondary

#EAEFCE

accent

#D313B7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979E8

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

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