#9B8BE5#9B8BE5

#9B8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8BE5
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(251, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 26.00, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 50.76, 300.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0462 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.131 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8894, 31.0901, 78.1710)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8BE5 #D5E58B

analogous

#8BA8E5 #9B8BE5 #C88BE5

triadic

#9B8BE5 #E59B8B #8BE59B

tetradic

#9B8BE5 #E58BA8 #D5E58B #8BE5C8

square

#9B8BE5 #E58BA8 #D5E58B #8BE5C8

split-complementary

#9B8BE5 #E5C88B #A8E58B

monochromatic

#492DC9 #7059DA #9B8BE5 #C6BDF0 #E9E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9B8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9B8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8BE5

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8BE5	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899CAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaded',
    500: '#9b8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8be5;
$custom-light: #bbaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68767,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8BE5

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CB1AAC

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8BE5

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

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