#9C8BCE#9C8BCE

#9C8BCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.099 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BCE
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 20.54, -32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 38.22, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0422 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.099 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0809, 29.9890, 62.3735)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BCE #BDCE8B

analogous

#8B9BCE #9C8BCE #BD8BCE

triadic

#9C8BCE #CE9C8B #8BCE9C

tetradic

#9C8BCE #CE8B9B #BDCE8B #8BCEBD

square

#9C8BCE #CE8B9B #BDCE8B #8BCEBD

split-complementary

#9C8BCE #CEBD8B #9BCE8B

monochromatic

#59429C #7760BC #9C8BCE #C1B6E0 #E5E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#9C8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BCE

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BCE	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9296A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.099 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaddd',
    500: '#9c8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bce;
$custom-light: #baaddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.224,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67734,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BCE

secondary

#E0E5D0

accent

#B43293

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BCE

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

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