#8A79E8#8A79E8

#8A79E8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.161 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79E8
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 232)
HSL	hsl(249, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 47.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 32.83, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 63.39, 301.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0499 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.161 288)
XYZ	xyz(31.8800, 24.9031, 79.4554)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79E8 #D7E879

analogous

#79A0E8 #8A79E8 #C279E8

triadic

#8A79E8 #E88A79 #79E88A

tetradic

#8A79E8 #E879A0 #D7E879 #79E8C2

square

#8A79E8 #E879A0 #D7E879 #79E8C2

split-complementary

#8A79E8 #E8C279 #A0E879

monochromatic

#3B22C5 #5C45DF #8A79E8 #B8ADF1 #E5E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A79E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A79E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79E8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79E8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F90A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.161 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a0f0',
    500: '#8a79e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79e8;
$custom-light: #b0a0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.189,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64233,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.24904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79E8

secondary

#EAEFCE

accent

#D313B5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79E8

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

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