#979FE8#979FE8

#979FE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979FE8
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 232)
HSL	hsl(234, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 14.22, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 40.28, 290.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0159 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.106 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7220, 37.2004, 81.4158)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979FE8 #E8E097

analogous

#97C8E8 #979FE8 #B797E8

triadic

#979FE8 #E8979F #9FE897

tetradic

#979FE8 #E897C8 #E8E097 #97E8B7

square

#979FE8 #E897C8 #E8E097 #97E8B7

split-complementary

#979FE8 #E8B797 #C8E897

monochromatic

#3342D2 #6571DD #979FE8 #C9CDF3 #E6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#979FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#979FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979FE8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979FE8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bbef',
    500: '#979fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979fe8;
$custom-light: #b8bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.074,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979FE8

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BA1ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #979FE8

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

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