#9C8DC7#9C8DC7

#9C8DC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.086 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DC7
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(256, 34%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 17.72, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 33.11, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0374 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.086 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5416, 30.2409, 58.0917)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DC7 #B8C78D

analogous

#8D9BC7 #9C8DC7 #B98DC7

triadic

#9C8DC7 #C79C8D #8DC79C

tetradic

#9C8DC7 #C78D9B #B8C78D #8DC7B9

square

#9C8DC7 #C78D9B #B8C78D #8DC7B9

split-complementary

#9C8DC7 #C7B98D #9BC78D

monochromatic

#5B4892 #7864B3 #9C8DC7 #C0B6DB #E3DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C8DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9C8DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DC7

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DC7	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9496A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.086 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaed8',
    500: '#9c8dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dc7;
$custom-light: #baaed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 34.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DC7

secondary

#DCE1CF

accent

#AD398F

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DC7

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

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