#9C8BBC#9C8BBC

#9C8BBC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.074 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BBC
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 16.32, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 28.37, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0372 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.074 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0181, 29.1639, 51.5096)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BBC #ABBC8B

analogous

#8B93BC #9C8BBC #B58BBC

triadic

#9C8BBC #BC9C8B #8BBC9C

tetradic

#9C8BBC #BC8B93 #ABBC8B #8BBCB5

square

#9C8BBC #BC8B93 #ABBC8B #8BBCB5

split-complementary

#9C8BBC #BCB58B #93BC8B

monochromatic

#5E4B82 #7B64A6 #9C8BBC #BDB2D2 #DED9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9C8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9C8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BBC

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BBC	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.074 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9add0',
    500: '#9c8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bbc;
$custom-light: #b9add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66945,
    "c": 0.07365,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BBC

secondary

#D4DAC9

accent

#A54082

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BBC

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

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