#9C8EE8#9C8EE8

#9C8EE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EE8
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(249, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, 25.32, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 50.55, 300.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0439 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.13 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9450, 32.2392, 80.5519)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EE8 #DAE88E

analogous

#8EADE8 #9C8EE8 #C98EE8

triadic

#9C8EE8 #E89C8E #8EE89C

tetradic

#9C8EE8 #E88EAD #DAE88E #8EE8C9

square

#9C8EE8 #E88EAD #DAE88E #8EE8C9

split-complementary

#9C8EE8 #E8C98E #ADE88E

monochromatic

#442BD1 #6F5BDE #9C8EE8 #C9C1F2 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9C8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#9C8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EE8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EE8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7398E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9FB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbafef',
    500: '#9c8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ee8;
$custom-light: #bbafef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.333,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69561,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EE8

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CE17B2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EE8

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

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