#9C8BEE#9C8BEE

#9C8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.143 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BEE
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(250, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 28.60, -47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 55.66, 300.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0489 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.143 290)
XYZ	xyz(38.3715, 31.7053, 84.9704)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BEE #DDEE8B

analogous

#8BACEE #9C8BEE #CE8BEE

triadic

#9C8BEE #EE9C8B #8BEE9C

tetradic

#9C8BEE #EE8BAC #DDEE8B #8BEECE

square

#9C8BEE #EE8BAC #DDEE8B #8BEECE

split-complementary

#9C8BEE #EECE8B #ACEE8B

monochromatic

#4121DE #6E56E6 #9C8BEE #CAC0F6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9C8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9C8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BEE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BEE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889EB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.143 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadf4',
    500: '#9c8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bee;
$custom-light: #bcadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.303,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.31706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BEE

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D70FB4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BEE

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

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