#9D85CB#9D85CB

#9D85CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.105 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D85CB
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 203)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 23.57, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 40.48, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0512 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.105 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0693, 28.2548, 60.1999)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D85CB #B3CB85

analogous

#8590CB #9D85CB #C085CB

triadic

#9D85CB #CB9D85 #85CB9D

tetradic

#9D85CB #CB8590 #B3CB85 #85CBC0

square

#9D85CB #CB8590 #B3CB85 #85CBC0

split-complementary

#9D85CB #CBC085 #90CB85

monochromatic

#5D4096 #7B5AB9 #9D85CB #BFB0DD #E2DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9D85CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#9D85CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D85CB

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D85CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D85CB	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d85cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.105 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba8db',
    500: '#9d85cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d85cb;
$custom-light: #bba8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d85cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66546,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D85CB

secondary

#DAE1CA

accent

#B33287

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D85CB

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

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