#9C87DB#9C87DB

#9C87DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.123 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C87DB
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 38.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 26.04, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 47.86, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0508 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.123 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1573, 29.5098, 70.8478)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C87DB #C6DB87

analogous

#879CDB #9C87DB #C687DB

triadic

#9C87DB #DB9C87 #87DB9C

tetradic

#9C87DB #DB879C #C6DB87 #87DBC6

square

#9C87DB #DB879C #C6DB87 #87DBC6

split-complementary

#9C87DB #DBC687 #9CDB87

monochromatic

#5535B2 #7558CD #9C87DB #C3B6E9 #EAE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9C87DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#9C87DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C87DB

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C87DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C87DB	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7095DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7293D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c87db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.123 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaae6',
    500: '#9c87db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c87db;
$custom-light: #bbaae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c87db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67604,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C87DB

secondary

#E5EBD3

accent

#C1249A

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C87DB

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

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