#9C8DEB#9C8DEB

#9C8DEB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DEB
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(250, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 26.67, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 52.80, 300.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0458 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.136 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2266, 32.1149, 82.7659)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DEB #DCEB8D

analogous

#8DADEB #9C8DEB #CB8DEB

triadic

#9C8DEB #EB9C8D #8DEB9C

tetradic

#9C8DEB #EB8DAD #DCEB8D #8DEBCB

square

#9C8DEB #EB8DAD #DCEB8D #8DEBCB

split-complementary

#9C8DEB #EBCB8D #ADEB8D

monochromatic

#4226D8 #6F59E2 #9C8DEB #C9C1F4 #E8E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#9C8DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#9C8DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DEB

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DEB	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7097E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899FB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaef2',
    500: '#9c8deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8deb;
$custom-light: #bcaef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.574,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6953,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DEB

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D213B4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DEB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →