#8979EF#8979EF

#8979EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.171 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979EF
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 239)
HSL	hsl(248, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(248, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 49.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 34.54, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 67.19, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0494 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.171 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7294, 25.2239, 84.7888)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8979EF #DFEF79

analogous

#79A4EF #8979EF #C479EF

triadic

#8979EF #EF8979 #79EF89

tetradic

#8979EF #EF79A4 #DFEF79 #79EFC4

square

#8979EF #EF79A4 #DFEF79 #79EFC4

split-complementary

#8979EF #EFC479 #A4EF79

monochromatic

#3319D4 #5942E8 #8979EF #B9B0F6 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8979EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8979EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979EF

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979EF	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A92A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.171 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a0f5',
    500: '#8979ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979ef;
$custom-light: #b1a0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.136,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64574,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979EF

secondary

#EEF2D2

accent

#DB0BBF

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979EF

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

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