#9C8AEF#9C8AEF

#9C8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.146 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AEF
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 29.43, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 56.83, 301.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0504 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.146 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3746, 31.4759, 85.6982)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AEF #DDEF8A

analogous

#8AABEF #9C8AEF #CF8AEF

triadic

#9C8AEF #EF9C8A #8AEF9C

tetradic

#9C8AEF #EF8AAB #DDEF8A #8AEFCF

square

#9C8AEF #EF8AAB #DDEF8A #8AEFCF

split-complementary

#9C8AEF #EFCF8A #ABEF8A

monochromatic

#411FE0 #6E54E8 #9C8AEF #CAC0F6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9C8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9C8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AEF

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AEF	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#699AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A96ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.146 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacf5',
    500: '#9c8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aef;
$custom-light: #bcacf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.693,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6919,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AEF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D80DB4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AEF

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

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