#9A8BE0#9A8BE0

#9A8BE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.124 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8BE0
RGB	rgb(154, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 24.44, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 48.01, 300.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.044 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.124 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0101, 30.7163, 74.5382)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8BE0 #D1E08B

analogous

#8BA6E0 #9A8BE0 #C48BE0

triadic

#9A8BE0 #E09A8B #8BE09A

tetradic

#9A8BE0 #E08BA6 #D1E08B #8BE0C4

square

#9A8BE0 #E08BA6 #D1E08B #8BE0C4

split-complementary

#9A8BE0 #E0C48B #A6E08B

monochromatic

#4B33BE #705BD3 #9A8BE0 #C4BBED #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9A8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#9A8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8BE0

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8BE0	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7298E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7395DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.124 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadea',
    500: '#9a8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8be0;
$custom-light: #baadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68429,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8BE0

secondary

#EBEFD8

accent

#C520A8

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8BE0

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

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