#9C8BE4#9C8BE4

#9C8BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BE4
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(251, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 26.01, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 50.24, 301.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0471 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.129 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9429, 31.1338, 77.4468)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BE4 #D3E48B

analogous

#8BA7E4 #9C8BE4 #C98BE4

triadic

#9C8BE4 #E49C8B #8BE49C

tetradic

#9C8BE4 #E48BA7 #D3E48B #8BE4C9

square

#9C8BE4 #E48BA7 #D3E48B #8BE4C9

split-complementary

#9C8BE4 #E4C98B #A7E48B

monochromatic

#4B2EC6 #7259D8 #9C8BE4 #C6BDF0 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9C8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9C8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BE4

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BE4	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaded',
    500: '#9c8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8be4;
$custom-light: #bbaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.461,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.688,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BE4

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CA1CA9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BE4

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

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