#9C8CE0#9C8CE0

#9C8CE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.122 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CE0
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 24.42, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 47.43, 300.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.045 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.122 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5395, 31.2052, 74.6046)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CE0 #D0E08C

analogous

#8CA6E0 #9C8CE0 #C68CE0

triadic

#9C8CE0 #E09C8C #8CE09C

tetradic

#9C8CE0 #E08CA6 #D0E08C #8CE0C6

square

#9C8CE0 #E08CA6 #D0E08C #8CE0C6

split-complementary

#9C8CE0 #E0C68C #A6E08C

monochromatic

#4E33BE #735CD3 #9C8CE0 #C6BCED #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9C8CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9C8CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CE0

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CE0	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7499E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7596DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.122 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbadea',
    500: '#9c8ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ce0;
$custom-light: #bbadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 57.534,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68785,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CE0

secondary

#EBEFD9

accent

#C520A6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CE0

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

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