#9C8DBE#9C8DBE

#9C8DBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.073 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DBE
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 15.63, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 28.17, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0348 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.073 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5275, 29.8352, 52.7503)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DBE #AFBE8D

analogous

#8D97BE #9C8DBE #B48DBE

triadic

#9C8DBE #BE9C8D #8DBE9C

tetradic

#9C8DBE #BE8D97 #AFBE8D #8DBEB4

square

#9C8DBE #BE8D97 #AFBE8D #8DBEB4

split-complementary

#9C8DBE #BEB48D #97BE8D

monochromatic

#5D4C85 #7A66A8 #9C8DBE #BEB4D4 #E0DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9C8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9C8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DBE

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DBE	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.073 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aed1',
    500: '#9c8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dbe;
$custom-light: #b9aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67421,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DBE

secondary

#D7DCCB

accent

#A64087

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DBE

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

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