#9C8DC8#9C8DC8

#9C8DC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.087 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DC8
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 17.96, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 33.66, 302.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0377 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.087 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6581, 30.2875, 58.7052)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DC8 #B9C88D

analogous

#8D9CC8 #9C8DC8 #BA8DC8

triadic

#9C8DC8 #C89C8D #8DC89C

tetradic

#9C8DC8 #C88D9C #B9C88D #8DC8BA

square

#9C8DC8 #C88D9C #B9C88D #8DC8BA

split-complementary

#9C8DC8 #C8BA8D #9CC88D

monochromatic

#5B4793 #7864B4 #9C8DC8 #C0B6DC #E4E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9C8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DC8

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DC8	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9396A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.087 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaed9',
    500: '#9c8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dc8;
$custom-light: #baaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 34.911,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6785,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DC8

secondary

#DDE2CF

accent

#AE3890

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DC8

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

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