#9C8CD2#9C8CD2

#9C8CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CD2
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 20.94, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 39.78, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0418 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.103 294)
XYZ	xyz(34.7185, 30.4768, 65.0137)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CD2 #C2D28C

analogous

#8C9FD2 #9C8CD2 #BF8CD2

triadic

#9C8CD2 #D29C8C #8CD29C

tetradic

#9C8CD2 #D28C9F #C2D28C #8CD2BF

square

#9C8CD2 #D28C9F #C2D28C #8CD2BF

split-complementary

#9C8CD2 #D2BF8C #9FD28C

monochromatic

#5740A4 #7660C1 #9C8CD2 #C2B8E3 #E8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9C8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#9C8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CD2

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CD2	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A97D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9198A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baade0',
    500: '#9c8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8cd2;
$custom-light: #baade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68111,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.30477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CD2

secondary

#E3E7D2

accent

#B72F98

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CD2

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

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