#9D8AE2#9D8AE2

#9D8AE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.128 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8AE2
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(253, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 26.35, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 49.80, 301.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0492 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.128 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7171, 30.8354, 75.9541)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8AE2 #CFE28A

analogous

#8AA3E2 #9D8AE2 #C98AE2

triadic

#9D8AE2 #E29D8A #8AE29D

tetradic

#9D8AE2 #E28AA3 #CFE28A #8AE2C9

square

#9D8AE2 #E28AA3 #CFE28A #8AE2C9

split-complementary

#9D8AE2 #E2C98A #A3E28A

monochromatic

#4F30C2 #7459D6 #9D8AE2 #C6BBEE #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9D8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9D8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8AE2

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8AE2	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7098E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.128 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaceb',
    500: '#9d8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ae2;
$custom-light: #bcaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.955,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68598,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8AE2

secondary

#EAEFD8

accent

#C81EA3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8AE2

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

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