#9D8BDB#9D8BDB

#9D8BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8BDB
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 24.02, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 45.36, 301.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% 0.0464 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.117 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9203, 30.7473, 71.0464)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8BDB #C9DB8B

analogous

#8BA1DB #9D8BDB #C58BDB

triadic

#9D8BDB #DB9D8B #8BDB9D

tetradic

#9D8BDB #DB8BA1 #C9DB8B #8BDBC5

square

#9D8BDB #DB8BA1 #C9DB8B #8BDBC5

split-complementary

#9D8BDB #DBC58B #A1DB8B

monochromatic

#5438B4 #765CCD #9D8BDB #C4BAE9 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9D8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#9D8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8BDB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8BDB	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7598DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9099A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbade6',
    500: '#9d8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8bdb;
$custom-light: #bbade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68436,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8BDB

secondary

#E7ECD6

accent

#C0259D

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8BDB

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

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