#9C8DE2#9C8DE2

#9C8DE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DE2
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 24.36, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 47.90, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.044 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.123 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9591, 31.6079, 76.0905)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DE2 #D3E28D

analogous

#8DA9E2 #9C8DE2 #C78DE2

triadic

#9C8DE2 #E29C8D #8DE29C

tetradic

#9C8DE2 #E28DA9 #D3E28D #8DE2C7

square

#9C8DE2 #E28DA9 #D3E28D #8DE2C7

split-complementary

#9C8DE2 #E2C78D #A9E28D

monochromatic

#4B32C3 #725CD6 #9C8DE2 #C6BEEE #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9C8DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9C8DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DE2

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DE2	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9CAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaeeb',
    500: '#9c8de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8de2;
$custom-light: #bbaeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69072,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DE2

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C71EA9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DE2

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

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