#9B89C7#9B89C7

#9B89C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.092 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B89C7
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 199)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 31.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 19.71, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 35.62, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0421 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.092 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7697, 28.9832, 57.8896)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B89C7 #B5C789

analogous

#8996C7 #9B89C7 #BA89C7

triadic

#9B89C7 #C79B89 #89C79B

tetradic

#9B89C7 #C78996 #B5C789 #89C7BA

square

#9B89C7 #C78996 #B5C789 #89C7BA

split-complementary

#9B89C7 #C7BA89 #96C789

monochromatic

#5B4591 #785FB3 #9B89C7 #BEB3DB #E1DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9B89C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9B89C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B89C7

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B89C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B89C7	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A93CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93939F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b89c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.092 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9abd8',
    500: '#9b89c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b89c7;
$custom-light: #b9abd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b89c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 35.632,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66944,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B89C7

secondary

#DAE0CC

accent

#AE378C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B89C7

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

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