#9C8CF8#9C8CF8

#9C8CF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.155 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CF8
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 248)
HSL	hsl(249, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 43.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 30.66, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 60.45, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0492 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.155 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0270, 32.6002, 92.9723)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CF8 #E8F88C

analogous

#8CB2F8 #9C8CF8 #D28CF8

triadic

#9C8CF8 #F89C8C #8CF89C

tetradic

#9C8CF8 #F88CB2 #E8F88C #8CF8D2

square

#9C8CF8 #F88CB2 #E8F88C #8CF8D2

split-complementary

#9C8CF8 #F8D28C #B2F88C

monochromatic

#3919F1 #6A52F4 #9C8CF8 #CEC6FC #E6E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9C8CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9C8CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CF8

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CF8	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)

#679DFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6698F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.155 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdadfb',
    500: '#9c8cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8cf8;
$custom-light: #bdadfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.15486,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CF8

secondary

#F1F5D6

accent

#E500C3

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CF8

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

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