#9D8CC4#9D8CC4

#9D8CC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.083 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8CC4
RGB	rgb(157, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 17.91, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 32.16, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0392 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.083 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2443, 29.9096, 56.2356)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8CC4 #B3C48C

analogous

#8C97C4 #9D8CC4 #B98CC4

triadic

#9D8CC4 #C49D8C #8CC49D

tetradic

#9D8CC4 #C48C97 #B3C48C #8CC4B9

square

#9D8CC4 #C48C97 #B3C48C #8CC4B9

split-complementary

#9D8CC4 #C4B98C #97C48C

monochromatic

#5D488D #7B64AF #9D8CC4 #BFB4D9 #E2DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9D8CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9D8CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8CC4

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8CC4	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9695A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.083 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadd6',
    500: '#9d8cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8cc4;
$custom-light: #baadd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 32.184,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67568,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8CC4

secondary

#DADFCD

accent

#AB3B89

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8CC4

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

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