#979FF9#979FF9

#979FF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979FF9
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 249)
HSL	hsl(235, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 18.77, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 49.51, 292.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0199 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.13 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2545, 38.2134, 94.7537)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979FF9 #F9F197

analogous

#97D0F9 #979FF9 #C097F9

triadic

#979FF9 #F9979F #9FF997

tetradic

#979FF9 #F997D0 #F9F197 #97F9C0

square

#979FF9 #F997D0 #F9F197 #97F9C0

split-complementary

#979FF9 #F9C097 #D0F997

monochromatic

#2334F2 #5D6AF6 #979FF9 #D1D4FC #E2E4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#979FF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#979FF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979FF9

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979FF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979FF9	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81AAFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA3F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979ff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bbfb',
    500: '#979ff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979ff9;
$custom-light: #b9bbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979ff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979FF9

secondary

#F5F3D6

accent

#D300E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #979FF9

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

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