#9C8DCA#9C8DCA

#9C8DCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.090 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DCA
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 18.44, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 34.76, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0383 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.09 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8934, 30.3816, 59.9443)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DCA #BBCA8D

analogous

#8D9DCA #9C8DCA #BB8DCA

triadic

#9C8DCA #CA9C8D #8DCA9C

tetradic

#9C8DCA #CA8D9D #BBCA8D #8DCABB

square

#9C8DCA #CA8D9D #BBCA8D #8DCABB

split-complementary

#9C8DCA #CABB8D #9DCA8D

monochromatic

#5A4697 #7863B7 #9C8DCA #C0B7DD #E5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9C8DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9C8DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DCA

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DCA	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9397A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.090 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaeda',
    500: '#9c8dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dca;
$custom-light: #baaeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DCA

secondary

#DEE3D0

accent

#AF3692

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DCA

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

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