#8A79E4#8A79E4

#8A79E4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.156 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79E4
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 228)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 46.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 31.72, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 61.21, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0495 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.156 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3183, 24.6785, 76.4970)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79E4 #D3E479

analogous

#799DE4 #8A79E4 #BF79E4

triadic

#8A79E4 #E48A79 #79E48A

tetradic

#8A79E4 #E4799D #D3E479 #79E4BF

square

#8A79E4 #E4799D #D3E479 #79E4BF

split-complementary

#8A79E4 #E4BF79 #9DE479

monochromatic

#3E26BD #5E46DA #8A79E4 #B6ACEE #E3DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A79E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A79E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79E4

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79E4	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#718EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.156 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0ed',
    500: '#8a79e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79e4;
$custom-light: #b0a0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.533,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63996,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79E4

secondary

#E7ECCC

accent

#CE17B1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79E4

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

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