#8A79EE#8A79EE

#8A79EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.169 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A79EE
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 34.49, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 66.65, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0505 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.169 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7469, 25.2499, 84.0206)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A79EE #DDEE79

analogous

#79A2EE #8A79EE #C479EE

triadic

#8A79EE #EE8A79 #79EE8A

tetradic

#8A79EE #EE79A2 #DDEE79 #79EEC4

square

#8A79EE #EE79A2 #DDEE79 #79EEC4

split-complementary

#8A79EE #EEC479 #A2EE79

monochromatic

#351BD2 #5B43E7 #8A79EE #B9AFF5 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A79EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8A79EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A79EE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A79EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A79EE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#488CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a79ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.169 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a0f4',
    500: '#8a79ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a79ee;
$custom-light: #b1a0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a79ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.718,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64595,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A79EE

secondary

#EDF1D1

accent

#DA0CBC

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A79EE

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

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