#8A79E6#8A79E6

#8A79E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.159 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79E6
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(249, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 32.27, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 62.30, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0497 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.159 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5976, 24.7901, 77.9677)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79E6 #D5E679

analogous

#799FE6 #8A79E6 #C179E6

triadic

#8A79E6 #E68A79 #79E68A

tetradic

#8A79E6 #E6799F #D5E679 #79E6C1

square

#8A79E6 #E6799F #D5E679 #79E6C1

split-complementary

#8A79E6 #E6C179 #9FE679

monochromatic

#3C24C1 #5D45DC #8A79E6 #B7ADF0 #E4E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79E6

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79E6	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.159 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0ee',
    500: '#8a79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79e6;
$custom-light: #b0a0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.358,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79E6

secondary

#E8EECD

accent

#D015B3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79E6

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

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