#9B8EF5#9B8EF5

#9B8EF5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.148 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8EF5
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 245)
HSL	hsl(248, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(248, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 42%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 28.46, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 57.58, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0451 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.148 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6675, 32.9060, 90.6300)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8EF5 #E8F58E

analogous

#8EB4F5 #9B8EF5 #CE8EF5

triadic

#9B8EF5 #F59B8E #8EF59B

tetradic

#9B8EF5 #F58EB4 #E8F58E #8EF5CE

square

#9B8EF5 #F58EB4 #E8F58E #8EF5CE

split-complementary

#9B8EF5 #F5CE8E #B4F58E

monochromatic

#371EEB #6956F0 #9B8EF5 #CDC6FA #E6E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9B8EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#9B8EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8EF5

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8EF5	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9EF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A99F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.148 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaff9',
    500: '#9b8ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8ef5;
$custom-light: #bcaff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.573,
    "s": 83.74,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8EF5

secondary

#F1F4D7

accent

#E005C5

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8EF5

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

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