#9C8FBE#9C8FBE

#9C8FBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.070 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8FBE
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 14.49, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 26.89, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0319 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.07 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8250, 30.4304, 52.8495)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8FBE #B1BE8F

analogous

#8F99BE #9C8FBE #B48FBE

triadic

#9C8FBE #BE9C8F #8FBE9C

tetradic

#9C8FBE #BE8F99 #B1BE8F #8FBEB4

square

#9C8FBE #BE8F99 #B1BE8F #8FBEB4

split-complementary

#9C8FBE #BEB48F #99BE8F

monochromatic

#5D4D85 #7A68A8 #9C8FBE #BEB6D4 #E0DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9C8FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#9C8FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8FBE

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8FBE	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.070 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afd1',
    500: '#9c8fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8fbe;
$custom-light: #b9afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 26.554,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67817,
    "c": 0.06975,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8FBE

secondary

#D8DCCC

accent

#A54089

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8FBE

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

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