#9C87F6#9C87F6

#9C87F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.159 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C87F6
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 246)
HSL	hsl(251, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 45.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 32.99, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 62.46, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0553 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.159 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0044, 31.0486, 91.1089)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C87F6 #E1F687

analogous

#87AAF6 #9C87F6 #D387F6

triadic

#9C87F6 #F69C87 #87F69C

tetradic

#9C87F6 #F687AA #E1F687 #87F6D3

square

#9C87F6 #F687AA #E1F687 #87F6D3

split-complementary

#9C87F6 #F6D387 #AAF687

monochromatic

#3E15ED #6D4EF2 #9C87F6 #CBC0FA #E8E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9C87F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#9C87F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C87F6

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C87F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C87F6	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6099FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6195F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c87f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.159 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaafa',
    500: '#9c87f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c87f6;
$custom-light: #bdaafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c87f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 86.047,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69035,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C87F6

secondary

#EFF5D6

accent

#E303B8

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C87F6

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

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