#9C8BD6#9C8BD6

#9C8BD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BD6
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 22.49, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 42.60, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0441 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.11 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0776, 30.3877, 67.6226)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BD6 #C5D68B

analogous

#8BA0D6 #9C8BD6 #C28BD6

triadic

#9C8BD6 #D69C8B #8BD69C

tetradic

#9C8BD6 #D68BA0 #C5D68B #8BD6C2

square

#9C8BD6 #D68BA0 #C5D68B #8BD6C2

split-complementary

#9C8BD6 #D6C28B #A0D68B

monochromatic

#553CAA #755EC6 #9C8BD6 #C3B8E6 #E9E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9C8BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9C8BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BD6

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BD6	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7797D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9098A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baade3',
    500: '#9c8bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bd6;
$custom-light: #baade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.6,
    "s": 47.771,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BD6

secondary

#E4E9D3

accent

#BB2A9A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BD6

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

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