#9C8AEC#9C8AEC

#9C8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.142 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AEC
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, 28.65, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 55.20, 301.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0499 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.142 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9351, 31.3001, 83.3835)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AEC #DAEC8A

analogous

#8AA9EC #9C8AEC #CD8AEC

triadic

#9C8AEC #EC9C8A #8AEC9C

tetradic

#9C8AEC #EC8AA9 #DAEC8A #8AECCD

square

#9C8AEC #EC8AA9 #DAEC8A #8AECCD

split-complementary

#9C8AEC #ECCD8A #A9EC8A

monochromatic

#4423D8 #6F55E3 #9C8AEC #C9BFF5 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#9C8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AEC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AEC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9AF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.142 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacf2',
    500: '#9c8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aec;
$custom-light: #bcacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.02,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69031,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AEC

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D411B0

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AEC

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

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