#8A79E3#8A79E3

#8A79E3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.155 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79E3
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 227)
HSL	hsl(250, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 46.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 31.45, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 60.66, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0494 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.155 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1799, 24.6231, 75.7681)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79E3 #D2E379

analogous

#799DE3 #8A79E3 #BF79E3

triadic

#8A79E3 #E38A79 #79E38A

tetradic

#8A79E3 #E3799D #D2E379 #79E3BF

square

#8A79E3 #E3799D #D2E379 #79E3BF

split-complementary

#8A79E3 #E3BF79 #9DE379

monochromatic

#3F27BB #5E46D8 #8A79E3 #B6ACEE #E2DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A79E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A79E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79E3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79E3	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.155 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0ec',
    500: '#8a79e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79e3;
$custom-light: #b0a0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.623,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63937,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79E3

secondary

#E7ECCC

accent

#CD18B0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79E3

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

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