#9C8BCD#9C8BCD

#9C8BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.097 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BCD
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 20.30, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 37.67, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0419 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.097 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9598, 29.9406, 61.7357)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BCD #BCCD8B

analogous

#8B9BCD #9C8BCD #BD8BCD

triadic

#9C8BCD #CD9C8B #8BCD9C

tetradic

#9C8BCD #CD8B9B #BCCD8B #8BCDBD

square

#9C8BCD #CD8B9B #BCCD8B #8BCDBD

split-complementary

#9C8BCD #CDBD8B #9BCD8B

monochromatic

#59439B #7860BB #9C8BCD #C0B6DF #E5E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9C8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9C8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BCD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BCD	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9296A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.097 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaddc',
    500: '#9c8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bcd;
$custom-light: #baaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67688,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BCD

secondary

#DFE4D0

accent

#B33392

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BCD

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

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