#9C8CD7#9C8CD7

#9C8CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CD7
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 22.17, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 42.52, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.043 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.11 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3511, 30.7299, 68.3458)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CD7 #C7D78C

analogous

#8CA2D7 #9C8CD7 #C28CD7

triadic

#9C8CD7 #D79C8C #8CD79C

tetradic

#9C8CD7 #D78CA2 #C7D78C #8CD7C2

square

#9C8CD7 #D78CA2 #C7D78C #8CD7C2

split-complementary

#9C8CD7 #D7C28C #A2D78C

monochromatic

#543CAD #755FC7 #9C8CD7 #C3B9E7 #EAE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9C8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#9C8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CD7

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CD7	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7897DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F99A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbade3',
    500: '#9c8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8cd7;
$custom-light: #bbade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.8,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68346,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CD7

secondary

#E6EAD5

accent

#BC2A9D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CD7

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

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