#9C8AED#9C8AED

#9C8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.143 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AED
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 28.91, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 55.74, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0501 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.143 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0808, 31.3584, 84.1508)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AED #DBED8A

analogous

#8AA9ED #9C8AED #CD8AED

triadic

#9C8AED #ED9C8A #8AED9C

tetradic

#9C8AED #ED8AA9 #DBED8A #8AEDCD

square

#9C8AED #ED8AA9 #DBED8A #8AEDCD

split-complementary

#9C8AED #EDCD8A #A9ED8A

monochromatic

#4322DB #6F55E5 #9C8AED #C9BFF5 #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9C8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AED

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AED	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B96EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.143 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacf3',
    500: '#9c8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aed;
$custom-light: #bcacf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69084,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AED

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D510B2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AED

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

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