#9C8BC2#9C8BC2

#9C8BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.082 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BC2
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(259, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 17.70, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 31.65, 304.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.039 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.082 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6784, 29.4280, 54.9870)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BC2 #B1C28B

analogous

#8B96C2 #9C8BC2 #B78BC2

triadic

#9C8BC2 #C29C8B #8BC29C

tetradic

#9C8BC2 #C28B96 #B1C28B #8BC2B7

square

#9C8BC2 #C28B96 #B1C28B #8BC2B7

split-complementary

#9C8BC2 #C2B78B #96C28B

monochromatic

#5D498A #7A63AD #9C8BC2 #BEB3D7 #E0DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9C8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#9C8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BC2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BC2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.082 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadd4',
    500: '#9c8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bc2;
$custom-light: #baadd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67199,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BC2

secondary

#D8DECB

accent

#AA3C88

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BC2

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

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