#917CB2#917CB2

#917CB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.083 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#917CB2
RGB	rgb(145, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 19.15, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 31.95, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0438 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.083 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9189, 23.6494, 45.2575)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#917CB2 #9DB27C

analogous

#7C82B2 #917CB2 #AC7CB2

triadic

#917CB2 #B2917C #7CB291

tetradic

#917CB2 #B27C82 #9DB27C #7CB2AC

square

#917CB2 #B27C82 #9DB27C #7CB2AC

split-complementary

#917CB2 #B2AC7C #82B27C

monochromatic

#554271 #715998 #917CB2 #B1A3C9 #D2C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#917CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#917CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #917CB2

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##917CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##917CB2	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7185B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C848F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #917cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.083 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a2c9',
    500: '#917cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #917cb2;
$custom-light: #b2a2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#917cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 25.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62587,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#917CB2

secondary

#C7CFBA

accent

#C2659E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #917CB2

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

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