#9C8AEB#9C8AEB

#9C8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.140 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AEB
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 28.39, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 54.66, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0497 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.14 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7903, 31.2422, 82.6205)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AEB #D9EB8A

analogous

#8AA8EB #9C8AEB #CC8AEB

triadic

#9C8AEB #EB9C8A #8AEB9C

tetradic

#9C8AEB #EB8AA8 #D9EB8A #8AEBCC

square

#9C8AEB #EB8AA8 #D9EB8A #8AEBCC

split-complementary

#9C8AEB #EBCC8A #A8EB8A

monochromatic

#4625D6 #7056E2 #9C8AEB #C8BEF4 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9C8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9C8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AEB

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AEB	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B99EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D96E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.140 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacf2',
    500: '#9c8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aeb;
$custom-light: #bcacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AEB

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D313AF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AEB

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

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