#9C8DEE#9C8DEE

#9C8DEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.140 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DEE
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(249, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 27.45, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 54.42, 300.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0463 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.14 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6637, 32.2897, 85.0678)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DEE #DFEE8D

analogous

#8DAFEE #9C8DEE #CD8DEE

triadic

#9C8DEE #EE9C8D #8DEE9C

tetradic

#9C8DEE #EE8DAF #DFEE8D #8DEECD

square

#9C8DEE #EE8DAF #DFEE8D #8DEECD

split-complementary

#9C8DEE #EECD8D #AFEE8D

monochromatic

#3F22DE #6E58E6 #9C8DEE #CAC2F6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9C8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#9C8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DEE

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DEE	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E98EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.140 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaef4',
    500: '#9c8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dee;
$custom-light: #bcaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.278,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69686,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DEE

secondary

#EFF3D8

accent

#D60FB7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DEE

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

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