#9C8ADE#9C8ADE

#9C8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8ADE
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(253, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 25.06, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 47.60, 301.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0473 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.122 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9803, 30.5182, 73.0880)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8ADE #CCDE8A

analogous

#8AA2DE #9C8ADE #C68ADE

triadic

#9C8ADE #DE9C8A #8ADE9C

tetradic

#9C8ADE #DE8AA2 #CCDE8A #8ADEC6

square

#9C8ADE #DE8AA2 #CCDE8A #8ADEC6

split-complementary

#9C8ADE #DEC68A #A2DE8A

monochromatic

#5134B9 #745AD1 #9C8ADE #C4BAEB #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9C8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#9C8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8ADE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8ADE	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7297E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D99A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbace8',
    500: '#9c8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ade;
$custom-light: #bbace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68312,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8ADE

secondary

#E8EDD6

accent

#C422A1

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8ADE

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

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