#9B97DA#9B97DA

#9B97DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B97DA
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(244, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 16.32, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 37.33, 295.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0274 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.097 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2358, 34.1629, 70.9483)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B97DA #D6DA97

analogous

#97B5DA #9B97DA #BD97DA

triadic

#9B97DA #DA9B97 #97DA9B

tetradic

#9B97DA #DA97B5 #D6DA97 #97DABD

square

#9B97DA #DA97B5 #D6DA97 #97DABD

split-complementary

#9B97DA #DABD97 #B5DA97

monochromatic

#4841B6 #706ACA #9B97DA #C6C4EA #E9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9B97DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9B97DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B97DA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B97DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B97DA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b97da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab5e5',
    500: '#9b97da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b97da;
$custom-light: #bab5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b97da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.582,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B97DA

secondary

#EDEEDD

accent

#BB2BB2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B97DA

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

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