#9C81CE#9C81CE

#9C81CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.115 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C81CE
RGB	rgb(156, 129, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 26.29, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 44.63, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0564 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.115 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6986, 27.2245, 61.9127)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C81CE #B3CE81

analogous

#818CCE #9C81CE #C281CE

triadic

#9C81CE #CE9C81 #81CE9C

tetradic

#9C81CE #CE818C #B3CE81 #81CEC2

square

#9C81CE #CE818C #B3CE81 #81CEC2

split-complementary

#9C81CE #CEC281 #8CCE81

monochromatic

#5C3C99 #7955BD #9C81CE #BFADDF #E1D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9C81CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9C81CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C81CE

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C81CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C81CE	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c81ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 129, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.115 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa6dd',
    500: '#9c81ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c81ce;
$custom-light: #baa6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c81ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.039,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65853,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C81CE

secondary

#D9E2C9

accent

#B72E87

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C81CE

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

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