#9E87BF#9E87BF

#9E87BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.085 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E87BF
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 191)
HSL	hsl(265, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 19.94, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 32.76, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0463 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.085 303)
XYZ	xyz(32.1666, 28.3587, 53.0593)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E87BF #A8BF87

analogous

#878CBF #9E87BF #BA87BF

triadic

#9E87BF #BF9E87 #87BF9E

tetradic

#9E87BF #BF878C #A8BF87 #87BFBA

square

#9E87BF #BF878C #A8BF87 #87BFBA

split-complementary

#9E87BF #BFBA87 #8CBF87

monochromatic

#604785 #7E5FAA #9E87BF #BEAFD4 #DFD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9E87BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#9E87BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E87BF

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E87BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E87BF	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C91C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e87bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.085 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaad2',
    500: '#9e87bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e87bf;
$custom-light: #bbaad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e87bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.643,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66476,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.28359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E87BF

secondary

#D3DBC7

accent

#A93C7C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E87BF

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

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