#9C8BE2#9C8BE2

#9C8BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BE2
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(252, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 25.50, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 49.15, 301.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0467 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.126 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6669, 31.0234, 75.9930)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BE2 #D1E28B

analogous

#8BA6E2 #9C8BE2 #C88BE2

triadic

#9C8BE2 #E29C8B #8BE29C

tetradic

#9C8BE2 #E28BA6 #D1E28B #8BE2C8

square

#9C8BE2 #E28BA6 #D1E28B #8BE2C8

split-complementary

#9C8BE2 #E2C88B #A6E28B

monochromatic

#4D31C2 #725AD6 #9C8BE2 #C6BCEE #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9C8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9C8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BE2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BE2	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7199E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbadeb',
    500: '#9c8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8be2;
$custom-light: #bbadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.724,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68698,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BE2

secondary

#EBF0D9

accent

#C81EA6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BE2

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

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