#9D8AEC#9D8AEC

#9D8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.142 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8AEC
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 28.92, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 55.22, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0511 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.142 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1295, 31.4003, 83.3926)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8AEC #D9EC8A

analogous

#8AA8EC #9D8AEC #CE8AEC

triadic

#9D8AEC #EC9D8A #8AEC9D

tetradic

#9D8AEC #EC8AA8 #D9EC8A #8AECCE

square

#9D8AEC #EC8AA8 #D9EC8A #8AECCE

split-complementary

#9D8AEC #ECCE8A #A8EC8A

monochromatic

#4623D8 #7155E3 #9D8AEC #C9BFF5 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9D8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8AEC

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8AEC	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9AF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.142 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacf2',
    500: '#9d8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8aec;
$custom-light: #bdacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.633,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69115,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8AEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D411AE

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8AEC

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

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