#9C8FBA#9C8FBA

#9C8FBA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.064 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8FBA
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 186)
HSL	hsl(258, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 13.58, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 24.70, 303.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0306 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.064 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3938, 30.2579, 50.5786)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8FBA #ADBA8F

analogous

#8F98BA #9C8FBA #B28FBA

triadic

#9C8FBA #BA9C8F #8FBA9C

tetradic

#9C8FBA #BA8F98 #ADBA8F #8FBAB2

square

#9C8FBA #BA8F98 #ADBA8F #8FBAB2

split-complementary

#9C8FBA #BAB28F #98BA8F

monochromatic

#5E4F80 #7B69A3 #9C8FBA #BDB5D1 #DFDBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C8FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9C8FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8FBA

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8FBA	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.064 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afce',
    500: '#9c8fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8fba;
$custom-light: #b9afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.14,
    "s": 23.757,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8FBA

secondary

#D5DACB

accent

#A24386

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8FBA

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

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