#8A79E2#8A79E2

#8A79E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.153 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79E2
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 226)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 46.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 31.17, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 60.12, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0492 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.153 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0423, 24.5680, 75.0433)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79E2 #D1E279

analogous

#799CE2 #8A79E2 #BE79E2

triadic

#8A79E2 #E28A79 #79E28A

tetradic

#8A79E2 #E2799C #D1E279 #79E2BE

square

#8A79E2 #E2799C #D1E279 #79E2BE

split-complementary

#8A79E2 #E2BE79 #9CE279

monochromatic

#3F28B9 #5E47D7 #8A79E2 #B6ABED #E2DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A79E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A79E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79E2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79E2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.153 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0eb',
    500: '#8a79e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79e2;
$custom-light: #b0a0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.714,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63879,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79E2

secondary

#E6EBCB

accent

#CC19AF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79E2

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

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