#9C8DCD#9C8DCD

#9C8DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.094 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DCD
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 19.15, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 36.40, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0391 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.094 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2520, 30.5251, 61.8331)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DCD #BECD8D

analogous

#8D9ECD #9C8DCD #BC8DCD

triadic

#9C8DCD #CD9C8D #8DCD9C

tetradic

#9C8DCD #CD8D9E #BECD8D #8DCDBC

square

#9C8DCD #CD8D9E #BECD8D #8DCDBC

split-complementary

#9C8DCD #CDBC8D #9ECD8D

monochromatic

#59449B #7762BA #9C8DCD #C1B8E0 #E6E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9C8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#9C8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DCD

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DCD	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9298A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.094 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaedc',
    500: '#9c8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8dcd;
$custom-light: #baaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.063,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68073,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DCD

secondary

#E0E5D1

accent

#B23394

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DCD

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

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