#9487CD#9487CD

#9487CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9487CD
RGB	rgb(148, 135, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 20.22, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 39.91, 300.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0384 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.103 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8934, 28.0311, 61.4760)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9487CD #C0CD87

analogous

#879DCD #9487CD #B787CD

triadic

#9487CD #CD9487 #87CD94

tetradic

#9487CD #CD879D #C0CD87 #87CDB7

square

#9487CD #CD879D #C0CD87 #87CDB7

split-complementary

#9487CD #CDB787 #9DCD87

monochromatic

#51409A #6D5CBB #9487CD #BBB2DF #E1DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9487CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9487CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9487CD

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9487CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9487CD	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8793A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9487cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 135, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aadc',
    500: '#9487cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9487cd;
$custom-light: #b5aadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9487cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.143,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66231,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9487CD

secondary

#DFE3CD

accent

#B4319C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9487CD

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

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