#9D8ADE#9D8ADE

#9D8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.123 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8ADE
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 25.35, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 47.63, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0484 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.123 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1747, 30.6184, 73.0971)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8ADE #CBDE8A

analogous

#8AA1DE #9D8ADE #C78ADE

triadic

#9D8ADE #DE9D8A #8ADE9D

tetradic

#9D8ADE #DE8AA1 #CBDE8A #8ADEC7

square

#9D8ADE #DE8AA1 #CBDE8A #8ADEC7

split-complementary

#9D8ADE #DEC78A #A1DE8A

monochromatic

#5234B9 #755AD1 #9D8ADE #C5BAEB #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9D8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9D8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8ADE

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8ADE	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7297E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F99A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.123 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcace8',
    500: '#9d8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ade;
$custom-light: #bcace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8ADE

secondary

#E8EDD6

accent

#C4229F

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8ADE

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

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