#9C8BC3#9C8BC3

#9C8BC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.083 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BC3
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 17.93, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 32.20, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0392 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.083 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7911, 29.4731, 55.5805)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BC3 #B2C38B

analogous

#8B96C3 #9C8BC3 #B88BC3

triadic

#9C8BC3 #C39C8B #8BC39C

tetradic

#9C8BC3 #C38B96 #B2C38B #8BC3B8

square

#9C8BC3 #C38B96 #B2C38B #8BC3B8

split-complementary

#9C8BC3 #C3B88B #96C38B

monochromatic

#5D488B #7A63AE #9C8BC3 #BEB3D8 #E1DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9C8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#9C8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BC3

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BC3	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)

#7F94C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.083 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadd5',
    500: '#9c8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bc3;
$custom-light: #baadd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BC3

secondary

#D9DECC

accent

#AB3B89

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BC3

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

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