#9879BB#9879BB

#9879BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.102 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9879BB
RGB	rgb(152, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(268, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(268, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 25.20, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 39.35, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.059 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.102 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7541, 23.9381, 50.1098)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9879BB #9CBB79

analogous

#797BBB #9879BB #B979BB

triadic

#9879BB #BB9879 #79BB98

tetradic

#9879BB #BB797B #9CBB79 #79BBB9

square

#9879BB #BB797B #9CBB79 #79BBB9

split-complementary

#9879BB #BBB979 #7BBB79

monochromatic

#5B3E7B #7953A4 #9879BB #B7A2D0 #D6CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9879BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9879BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9879BB

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9879BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9879BB	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B85BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9879bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.102 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0cf',
    500: '#9879bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9879bb;
$custom-light: #b7a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9879bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6309,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9879BB

secondary

#C9D5BB

accent

#AB3A76

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9879BB

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

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