#809CC9#809CC9

#809CC9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.074 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#809CC9
RGB	rgb(128, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(217, 40%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 1.34, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 26.28, 272.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0131 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.074 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3299, 32.5817, 59.8851)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#809CC9 #C9AD80

analogous

#80C1C9 #809CC9 #8980C9

triadic

#809CC9 #C9809C #9CC980

tetradic

#809CC9 #C980C1 #C9AD80 #80C989

square

#809CC9 #C980C1 #C9AD80 #80C989

split-complementary

#809CC9 #C98980 #C1C980

monochromatic

#3E5E91 #557BB7 #809CC9 #ABBDDB #D6DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#809CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#809CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #809CC9

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##809CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##809CC9	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #809cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.074 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7b9d9',
    500: '#809cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #809cc9;
$custom-light: #a7b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#809cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.986,
    "s": 40.331,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68833,
    "c": 0.07384,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#809CC9

secondary

#DFD5C6

accent

#8232B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #809CC9

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

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