#9C8CE5#9C8CE5

#9C8CE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.129 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CE5
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(251, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 25.70, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 50.16, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.046 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.129 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2276, 31.4804, 78.2285)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CE5 #D5E58C

analogous

#8CA8E5 #9C8CE5 #C98CE5

triadic

#9C8CE5 #E59C8C #8CE59C

tetradic

#9C8CE5 #E58CA8 #D5E58C #8CE5C9

square

#9C8CE5 #E58CA8 #D5E58C #8CE5C9

split-complementary

#9C8CE5 #E5C98C #A8E58C

monochromatic

#492DC9 #715ADA #9C8CE5 #C7BEF0 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9C8CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9C8CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CE5

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CE5	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9CAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.129 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaded',
    500: '#9c8ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ce5;
$custom-light: #bbaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.787,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69036,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CE5

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CB1BAB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CE5

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

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