#8A79E1#8A79E1

#8A79E1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.152 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79E1
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 225)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 46.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 30.90, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 59.57, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0491 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.152 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9055, 24.5133, 74.3228)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79E1 #D0E179

analogous

#799CE1 #8A79E1 #BE79E1

triadic

#8A79E1 #E18A79 #79E18A

tetradic

#8A79E1 #E1799C #D0E179 #79E1BE

square

#8A79E1 #E1799C #D0E179 #79E1BE

split-complementary

#8A79E1 #E1BE79 #9CE179

monochromatic

#4029B7 #5E47D6 #8A79E1 #B6ABEC #E1DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A79E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A79E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79E1

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79E1	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.152 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0eb',
    500: '#8a79e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79e1;
$custom-light: #b0a0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.808,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63821,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79E1

secondary

#E6EBCB

accent

#CB1AAE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79E1

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

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