#9D8BE9#9D8BE9

#9D8BE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.136 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8BE9
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(251, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 27.57, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 52.98, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0492 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.136 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8414, 31.5157, 81.1644)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8BE9 #D7E98B

analogous

#8BA8E9 #9D8BE9 #CC8BE9

triadic

#9D8BE9 #E99D8B #8BE99D

tetradic

#9D8BE9 #E98BA8 #D7E98B #8BE9CC

square

#9D8BE9 #E98BA8 #D7E98B #8BE9CC

split-complementary

#9D8BE9 #E9CC8B #A8E98B

monochromatic

#4828D2 #7258DF #9D8BE9 #C8BEF3 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9D8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8BE9

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8BE9	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F96E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.136 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcadf0',
    500: '#9d8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8be9;
$custom-light: #bcadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.489,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69141,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8BE9

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D015AC

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8BE9

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

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