#9C97FF#9C97FF

#9C97FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.149 H 284.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C97FF
RGB	rgb(156, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(243, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 26.24, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 57.50, 297.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0365 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.149 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8218, 36.4196, 99.3618)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C97FF #FAFF97

analogous

#97C6FF #9C97FF #D097FF

triadic

#9C97FF #FF9C97 #97FF9C

tetradic

#9C97FF #FF97C6 #FAFF97 #97FFD0

square

#9C97FF #FF97C6 #FAFF97 #97FFD0

split-complementary

#9C97FF #FFD097 #C6FF97

monochromatic

#271DFF #625AFF #9C97FF #D6D4FF #E2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9C97FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#9C97FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C97FF

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C97FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C97FF	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709FFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80ABBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c97ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.149 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb5ff',
    500: '#9c97ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c97ff;
$custom-light: #bdb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c97ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.885,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72433,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C97FF

secondary

#F6F7D4

accent

#E600DA

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C97FF

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

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