#9C8CD4#9C8CD4

#9C8CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CD4
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 21.43, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 40.87, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0423 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.106 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9692, 30.5771, 66.3342)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CD4 #C4D48C

analogous

#8CA0D4 #9C8CD4 #C08CD4

triadic

#9C8CD4 #D49C8C #8CD49C

tetradic

#9C8CD4 #D48CA0 #C4D48C #8CD4C0

square

#9C8CD4 #D48CA0 #C4D48C #8CD4C0

split-complementary

#9C8CD4 #D4C08C #A0D48C

monochromatic

#563EA7 #765FC3 #9C8CD4 #C2B9E5 #E9E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9C8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9C8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CD4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CD4	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7997D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B95D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9098A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baade1',
    500: '#9c8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8cd4;
$custom-light: #baade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68204,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CD4

secondary

#E4E8D3

accent

#B92D9A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CD4

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

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