#9B8EF6#9B8EF6

#9B8EF6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.149 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8EF6
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 246)
HSL	hsl(248, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(248, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 28.73, -50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 58.12, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0453 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.149 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8206, 32.9672, 91.4361)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8EF6 #E9F68E

analogous

#8EB5F6 #9B8EF6 #CF8EF6

triadic

#9B8EF6 #F69B8E #8EF69B

tetradic

#9B8EF6 #F68EB5 #E9F68E #8EF6CF

square

#9B8EF6 #F68EB5 #E9F68E #8EF6CF

split-complementary

#9B8EF6 #F6CF8E #B5F68E

monochromatic

#371DED #6955F1 #9B8EF6 #CDC7FB #E6E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9B8EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9B8EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8EF6

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8EF6	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A99F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.149 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaff9',
    500: '#9b8ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8ef6;
$custom-light: #bcaff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 85.246,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70214,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8EF6

secondary

#F1F5D6

accent

#E204C6

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8EF6

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

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