#9B86C4#9B86C4

#9B86C4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.093 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B86C4
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 196)
HSL	hsl(260, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 20.73, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 35.91, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0457 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.093 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0043, 28.0041, 55.9331)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B86C4 #AFC486

analogous

#8690C4 #9B86C4 #BA86C4

triadic

#9B86C4 #C49B86 #86C49B

tetradic

#9B86C4 #C48690 #AFC486 #86C4BA

square

#9B86C4 #C48690 #AFC486 #86C4BA

split-complementary

#9B86C4 #C4BA86 #90C486

monochromatic

#5C448C #795DB0 #9B86C4 #BDAFD8 #DFD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9B86C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9B86C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B86C4

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B86C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B86C4	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7890C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b86c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.093 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a9d6',
    500: '#9b86c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b86c4;
$custom-light: #b9a9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b86c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.323,
    "s": 34.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66233,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B86C4

secondary

#D6DEC8

accent

#AD3886

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B86C4

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

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