#9C8BC0#9C8BC0

#9C8BC0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.079 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BC0
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(259, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 17.24, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 30.56, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0384 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.079 299)
XYZ	xyz(32.4553, 29.3388, 53.8121)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BC0 #AFC08B

analogous

#8B95C0 #9C8BC0 #B68BC0

triadic

#9C8BC0 #C09C8B #8BC09C

tetradic

#9C8BC0 #C08B95 #AFC08B #8BC0B6

square

#9C8BC0 #C08B95 #AFC08B #8BC0B6

split-complementary

#9C8BC0 #C0B68B #95C08B

monochromatic

#5D4987 #7A63AA #9C8BC0 #BEB3D6 #E0DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#9C8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BC0

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BC0	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8093C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.079 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadd3',
    500: '#9c8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bc0;
$custom-light: #baadd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 29.609,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.29339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BC0

secondary

#D7DCCA

accent

#A83D86

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BC0

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

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