#8979EA#8979EA

#8979EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.164 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979EA
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(248, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(248, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 33.14, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 64.48, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0489 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.164 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0010, 24.9325, 80.9523)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979EA #DAEA79

analogous

#79A1EA #8979EA #C279EA

triadic

#8979EA #EA8979 #79EA89

tetradic

#8979EA #EA79A1 #DAEA79 #79EAC2

square

#8979EA #EA79A1 #DAEA79 #79EAC2

split-complementary

#8979EA #EAC279 #A1EA79

monochromatic

#3820C9 #5A44E2 #8979EA #B8AEF2 #E6E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8979EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8979EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979EA

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979EA	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B8CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D90A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.164 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0f1',
    500: '#8979ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979ea;
$custom-light: #b0a0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.496,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979EA

secondary

#EBF0CF

accent

#D511B9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979EA

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

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