#9C8EBF#9C8EBF

#9C8EBF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.073 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EBF
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(257, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 15.29, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 28.08, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0337 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.073 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7852, 30.1753, 53.3773)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EBF #B1BF8E

analogous

#8E98BF #9C8EBF #B58EBF

triadic

#9C8EBF #BF9C8E #8EBF9C

tetradic

#9C8EBF #BF8E98 #B1BF8E #8EBFB5

square

#9C8EBF #BF8E98 #B1BF8E #8EBFB5

split-complementary

#9C8EBF #BFB58E #98BF8E

monochromatic

#5D4C86 #7A67A9 #9C8EBF #BEB5D5 #E0DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C8EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#9C8EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EBF

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EBF	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.073 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afd2',
    500: '#9c8ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ebf;
$custom-light: #b9afd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6766,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EBF

secondary

#D8DDCC

accent

#A63F89

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EBF

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

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