#8979EE#8979EE

#8979EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.170 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979EE
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(248, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(248, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 34.26, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 66.65, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0493 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.17 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5821, 25.1649, 84.0129)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979EE #DEEE79

analogous

#79A3EE #8979EE #C379EE

triadic

#8979EE #EE8979 #79EE89

tetradic

#8979EE #EE79A3 #DEEE79 #79EEC3

square

#8979EE #EE79A3 #DEEE79 #79EEC3

split-complementary

#8979EE #EEC379 #A3EE79

monochromatic

#341BD2 #5943E7 #8979EE #B9AFF5 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8979EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8979EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979EE

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979EE	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#488CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4686EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.170 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0f4',
    500: '#8979ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979ee;
$custom-light: #b0a0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.205,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979EE

secondary

#EDF1D1

accent

#DA0CBE

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979EE

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

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