#9D8EBC#9D8EBC

#9D8EBC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.069 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8EBC
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 14.93, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 26.50, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0339 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.069 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6528, 30.1448, 51.6655)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8EBC #ADBC8E

analogous

#8E96BC #9D8EBC #B48EBC

triadic

#9D8EBC #BC9D8E #8EBC9D

tetradic

#9D8EBC #BC8E96 #ADBC8E #8EBCB4

square

#9D8EBC #BC8E96 #ADBC8E #8EBCB4

split-complementary

#9D8EBC #BCB48E #96BC8E

monochromatic

#5F4D82 #7C68A5 #9D8EBC #BEB4D3 #E0DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9D8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9D8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8EBC

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8EBC	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.069 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafd0',
    500: '#9d8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ebc;
$custom-light: #baafd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67624,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8EBC

secondary

#D6DBCB

accent

#A44184

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8EBC

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

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