#8B9CF8#8B9CF8

#8B9CF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9CF8
RGB	rgb(139, 156, 248)
HSL	hsl(231, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 17.22, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 50.88, 289.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0107 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.135 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4740, 36.0412, 93.6654)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9CF8 #F8E78B

analogous

#8BD2F8 #8B9CF8 #B08BF8

triadic

#8B9CF8 #F88B9C #9CF88B

tetradic

#8B9CF8 #F88BD2 #F8E78B #8BF8B0

square

#8B9CF8 #F88BD2 #F8E78B #8BF8B0

split-complementary

#8B9CF8 #F8B08B #D2F88B

monochromatic

#1839F1 #516BF5 #8B9CF8 #C5CDFB #E2E6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8B9CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8B9CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9CF8

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9CF8	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729EF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65AFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 156, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b9fb',
    500: '#8b9cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9cf8;
$custom-light: #b1b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.642,
    "s": 88.618,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71799,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9CF8

secondary

#F5F0D6

accent

#C200E5

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9CF8

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

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