#9C8FDD#9C8FDD

#9C8FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8FDD
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 221)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(250, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 21.94, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 43.92, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0402 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.113 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5806, 31.9326, 72.6289)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8FDD #D0DD8F

analogous

#8FA9DD #9C8FDD #C38FDD

triadic

#9C8FDD #DD9C8F #8FDD9C

tetradic

#9C8FDD #DD8FA9 #D0DD8F #8FDDC3

square

#9C8FDD #DD8FA9 #D0DD8F #8FDDC3

split-complementary

#9C8FDD #DDC38F #A9DD8F

monochromatic

#4E38B9 #7360CF #9C8FDD #C6BEEB #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9C8FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9C8FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8FDD

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8FDD	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbafe8',
    500: '#9c8fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8fdd;
$custom-light: #bbafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69204,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8FDD

secondary

#EBEEDA

accent

#C125A7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8FDD

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

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