#8979EB#8979EB

#8979EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.166 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979EB
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 235)
HSL	hsl(248, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(248, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 33.42, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 65.02, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.049 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.166 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1451, 24.9901, 81.7110)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979EB #DBEB79

analogous

#79A2EB #8979EB #C279EB

triadic

#8979EB #EB8979 #79EB89

tetradic

#8979EB #EB79A2 #DBEB79 #79EBC2

square

#8979EB #EB79A2 #DBEB79 #79EBC2

split-complementary

#8979EB #EBC279 #A2EB79

monochromatic

#371ECB #5A44E3 #8979EB #B8AEF3 #E7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8979EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8979EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979EB

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979EB	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4986E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C90A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.166 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0f2',
    500: '#8979eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979eb;
$custom-light: #b0a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.421,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979EB

secondary

#EBF0D0

accent

#D60FBA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979EB

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

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