#9C8EF8#9C8EF8

#9C8EF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.152 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EF8
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 248)
HSL	hsl(248, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(248, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 42.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 29.51, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 59.21, 299.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0467 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.152 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3219, 33.1900, 93.0706)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EF8 #EAF88E

analogous

#8EB5F8 #9C8EF8 #D18EF8

triadic

#9C8EF8 #F89C8E #8EF89C

tetradic

#9C8EF8 #F88EB5 #EAF88E #8EF8D1

square

#9C8EF8 #F88EB5 #EAF88E #8EF8D1

split-complementary

#9C8EF8 #F8D18E #B5F88E

monochromatic

#371BF1 #6A54F4 #9C8EF8 #CEC8FC #E6E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9C8EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#9C8EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EF8

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EF8	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9EFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6999F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.152 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaffb',
    500: '#9c8ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ef8;
$custom-light: #bdaffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.925,
    "s": 88.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EF8

secondary

#F1F5D6

accent

#E501C7

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EF8

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

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