#9C8BC8#9C8BC8

#9C8BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.090 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BC8
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 19.11, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 34.94, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0406 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.09 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3659, 29.7030, 58.6078)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BC8 #B7C88B

analogous

#8B99C8 #9C8BC8 #BB8BC8

triadic

#9C8BC8 #C89C8B #8BC89C

tetradic

#9C8BC8 #C88B99 #B7C88B #8BC8BB

square

#9C8BC8 #C88B99 #B7C88B #8BC8BB

split-complementary

#9C8BC8 #C8BB8B #99C88B

monochromatic

#5B4693 #7961B4 #9C8BC8 #BFB5DC #E3DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9C8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#9C8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BC8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BC8	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9495A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.090 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadd9',
    500: '#9c8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bc8;
$custom-light: #baadd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67463,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BC8

secondary

#DCE1CE

accent

#AF378D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BC8

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

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