#9B8AEC#9B8AEC

#9B8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.142 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8AEC
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 28.38, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 55.18, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0488 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.142 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7424, 31.2007, 83.3744)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8AEC #DBEC8A

analogous

#8AAAEC #9B8AEC #CC8AEC

triadic

#9B8AEC #EC9B8A #8AEC9B

tetradic

#9B8AEC #EC8AAA #DBEC8A #8AECCC

square

#9B8AEC #EC8AAA #DBEC8A #8AECCC

split-complementary

#9B8AEC #ECCC8A #AAEC8A

monochromatic

#4323D8 #6E55E3 #9B8AEC #C8BFF5 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9B8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9B8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8AEC

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8AEC	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B99F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B95EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.142 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbacf2',
    500: '#9b8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8aec;
$custom-light: #bbacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.408,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68947,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8AEC

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D411B2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8AEC

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

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