#8A79EA#8A79EA

#8A79EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.164 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79EA
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(249, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 33.38, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 64.48, 301.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0501 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.164 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1657, 25.0174, 80.9600)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79EA #D9EA79

analogous

#79A0EA #8A79EA #C379EA

triadic

#8A79EA #EA8A79 #79EA8A

tetradic

#8A79EA #EA79A0 #D9EA79 #79EAC3

square

#8A79EA #EA79A0 #D9EA79 #79EAC3

split-complementary

#8A79EA #EAC379 #A0EA79

monochromatic

#3920C9 #5C44E2 #8A79EA #B8AEF2 #E6E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A79EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A79EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79EA

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79EA	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E90A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.164 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a0f1',
    500: '#8a79ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79ea;
$custom-light: #b1a0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.027,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64353,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79EA

secondary

#EBF0CF

accent

#D511B7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79EA

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

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