#9C8DC2#9C8DC2

#9C8DC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.079 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DC2
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(257, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 16.55, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 30.37, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.036 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.079 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9706, 30.0125, 55.0845)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DC2 #B3C28D

analogous

#8D98C2 #9C8DC2 #B68DC2

triadic

#9C8DC2 #C29C8D #8DC29C

tetradic

#9C8DC2 #C28D98 #B3C28D #8DC2B6

square

#9C8DC2 #C28D98 #B3C28D #8DC2B6

split-complementary

#9C8DC2 #C2B68D #98C28D

monochromatic

#5C4A8A #7965AD #9C8DC2 #BFB5D7 #E1DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#9C8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DC2

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DC2	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9595A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.079 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaed4',
    500: '#9c8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dc2;
$custom-light: #baaed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 30.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6759,
    "c": 0.07868,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DC2

secondary

#D9DECD

accent

#A93D8A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DC2

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

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