#9989C8#9989C8

#9989C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.093 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9989C8
RGB	rgb(153, 137, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 19.34, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 36.07, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.04 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.093 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5054, 28.8334, 58.4853)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9989C8 #B8C889

analogous

#8998C8 #9989C8 #B889C8

triadic

#9989C8 #C89989 #89C899

tetradic

#9989C8 #C88998 #B8C889 #89C8B8

square

#9989C8 #C88998 #B8C889 #89C8B8

split-complementary

#9989C8 #C8B889 #98C889

monochromatic

#584492 #755FB5 #9989C8 #BDB3DB #E1DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9989C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9989C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9989C8

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9989C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9989C8	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A93CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9093A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9989c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 137, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.093 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8abd9',
    500: '#9989c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9989c8;
$custom-light: #b8abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9989c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66814,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9989C8

secondary

#DBE1CC

accent

#AF3691

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9989C8

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

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