#9C8EEE#9C8EEE

#9C8EEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.138 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EEE
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(249, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 26.88, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 53.80, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.045 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.138 289)
XYZ	xyz(38.8118, 32.5860, 85.1172)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EEE #E0EE8E

analogous

#8EB0EE #9C8EEE #CC8EEE

triadic

#9C8EEE #EE9C8E #8EEE9C

tetradic

#9C8EEE #EE8EB0 #E0EE8E #8EEECC

square

#9C8EEE #EE8EB0 #E0EE8E #8EEECC

split-complementary

#9C8EEE #EECC8E #B0EE8E

monochromatic

#3F24DE #6D59E6 #9C8EEE #CBC3F6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9C8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9C8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EEE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EEE	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)

#6F9DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F98EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.138 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaff4',
    500: '#9c8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8eee;
$custom-light: #bcaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.75,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6987,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.32587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EEE

secondary

#EFF3D8

accent

#D610B9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EEE

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

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