#9B97FF#9B97FF

#9B97FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.149 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B97FF
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(242, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 25.99, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 57.50, 296.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0354 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.149 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6290, 36.3202, 99.3528)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B97FF #FBFF97

analogous

#97C7FF #9B97FF #CF97FF

triadic

#9B97FF #FF9B97 #97FF9B

tetradic

#9B97FF #FF97C7 #FBFF97 #97FFCF

square

#9B97FF #FF97C7 #FBFF97 #97FFCF

split-complementary

#9B97FF #FFCF97 #C7FF97

monochromatic

#251DFF #605AFF #9B97FF #D6D4FF #E2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9B97FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9B97FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B97FF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B97FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B97FF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F9FFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EACBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b97ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.149 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb5ff',
    500: '#9b97ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b97ff;
$custom-light: #bcb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b97ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72357,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B97FF

secondary

#F6F7D4

accent

#E600DD

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B97FF

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

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