#9D8AEB#9D8AEB

#9D8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.140 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8AEB
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 28.66, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 54.68, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0509 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.14 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9846, 31.3424, 82.6296)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8AEB #D8EB8A

analogous

#8AA7EB #9D8AEB #CE8AEB

triadic

#9D8AEB #EB9D8A #8AEB9D

tetradic

#9D8AEB #EB8AA7 #D8EB8A #8AEBCE

square

#9D8AEB #EB8AA7 #D8EB8A #8AEBCE

split-complementary

#9D8AEB #EBCE8A #A7EB8A

monochromatic

#4725D6 #7156E2 #9D8AEB #C9BEF4 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9D8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9D8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8AEB

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8AEB	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C9AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D96E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.140 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcacf2',
    500: '#9d8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8aeb;
$custom-light: #bcacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.753,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8AEB

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D313AD

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8AEB

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

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