#8979FF#8979FF

#8979FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.192 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8979FF
RGB	rgb(137, 121, 255)
HSL	hsl(247, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(247, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 52.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 39.07, -64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 75.81, 301.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0504 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.192 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1986, 26.2115, 97.7930)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8979FF #EFFF79

analogous

#79ACFF #8979FF #CC79FF

triadic

#8979FF #FF8979 #79FF89

tetradic

#8979FF #FF79AC #EFFF79 #79FFCC

square

#8979FF #FF79AC #EFFF79 #79FFCC

split-complementary

#8979FF #FFCC79 #ACFF79

monochromatic

#1E00FE #533CFF #8979FF #BFB6FF #E4E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8979FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8979FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8979FF

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8979FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8979FF	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3490FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F88FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6196B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8979ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 121, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.192 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a0ff',
    500: '#8979ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8979ff;
$custom-light: #b2a0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8979ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.164,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65584,
    "c": 0.19187,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8979FF

secondary

#F3F7D4

accent

#E600CA

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E18

muted

#807E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8979FF

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

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