#9C8AEE#9C8AEE

#9C8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.144 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AEE
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 29.17, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 56.28, 301.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0503 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.144 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2273, 31.4170, 84.9223)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AEE #DCEE8A

analogous

#8AAAEE #9C8AEE #CE8AEE

triadic

#9C8AEE #EE9C8A #8AEE9C

tetradic

#9C8AEE #EE8AAA #DCEE8A #8AEECE

square

#9C8AEE #EE8AAA #DCEE8A #8AEECE

split-complementary

#9C8AEE #EECE8A #AAEE8A

monochromatic

#4220DD #6F55E6 #9C8AEE #C9BFF6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9C8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9C8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AEE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AEE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B96EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.144 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacf4',
    500: '#9c8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aee;
$custom-light: #bcacf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69137,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AEE

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D70FB3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AEE

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

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