#9C87BF#9C87BF

#9C87BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.085 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C87BF
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 191)
HSL	hsl(263, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 19.30, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 32.61, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.044 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.085 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7763, 28.1574, 53.0410)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C87BF #AABF87

analogous

#878EBF #9C87BF #B887BF

triadic

#9C87BF #BF9C87 #87BF9C

tetradic

#9C87BF #BF878E #AABF87 #87BFB8

square

#9C87BF #BF878E #AABF87 #87BFB8

split-complementary

#9C87BF #BFB887 #8EBF87

monochromatic

#5E4785 #7B5FAA #9C87BF #BDAFD4 #DED7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9C87BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#9C87BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C87BF

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C87BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C87BF	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c87bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.085 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaad2',
    500: '#9c87bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c87bf;
$custom-light: #baaad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c87bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66294,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C87BF

secondary

#D3DBC7

accent

#A93C80

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C87BF

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

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