#9D8AEF#9D8AEF

#9D8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.146 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8AEF
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 29.69, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 56.84, 301.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0516 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.146 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5690, 31.5761, 85.7073)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8AEF #DCEF8A

analogous

#8AAAEF #9D8AEF #D08AEF

triadic

#9D8AEF #EF9D8A #8AEF9D

tetradic

#9D8AEF #EF8AAA #DCEF8A #8AEFD0

square

#9D8AEF #EF8AAA #DCEF8A #8AEFD0

split-complementary

#9D8AEF #EFD08A #AAEF8A

monochromatic

#431FE0 #7054E8 #9D8AEF #CAC0F6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9D8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9D8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8AEF

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8AEF	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#699AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B96ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.146 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacf5',
    500: '#9d8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8aef;
$custom-light: #bdacf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.287,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69274,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8AEF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D80DB2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8AEF

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

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