Exploring the Color #838BF9

#838BF9 sits at 236° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 91% saturation and 75% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, very light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 131, 139, 249 produces a 7.03:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #838BF9 is a distant relative of CSS sky blue — about 69 units away from #87CEEB. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want lift, air, and gentle emphasis. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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