#9C8BBA#9C8BBA

#9C8BBA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.071 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BBA
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(262, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 15.87, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 27.28, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0366 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.071 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8040, 29.0783, 50.3820)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BBA #A9BA8B

analogous

#8B91BA #9C8BBA #B38BBA

triadic

#9C8BBA #BA9C8B #8BBA9C

tetradic

#9C8BBA #BA8B91 #A9BA8B #8BBAB3

square

#9C8BBA #BA8B91 #A9BA8B #8BBAB3

split-complementary

#9C8BBA #BAB38B #91BA8B

monochromatic

#5E4C7F #7B65A3 #9C8BBA #BDB1D1 #DDD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9C8BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9C8BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BBA

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BBA	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.071 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adce',
    500: '#9c8bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bba;
$custom-light: #b9adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 25.405,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66862,
    "c": 0.07087,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BBA

secondary

#D3D9C8

accent

#A44280

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BBA

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

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