#9E87CD#9E87CD

#9E87CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E87CD
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 23.20, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 40.33, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.05 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.104 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7815, 29.0046, 61.5645)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E87CD #B6CD87

analogous

#8793CD #9E87CD #C187CD

triadic

#9E87CD #CD9E87 #87CD9E

tetradic

#9E87CD #CD8793 #B6CD87 #87CDC1

square

#9E87CD #CD8793 #B6CD87 #87CDC1

split-complementary

#9E87CD #CDC187 #93CD87

monochromatic

#5D409A #7B5CBB #9E87CD #C1B2DF #E4DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E87CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9E87CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E87CD

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E87CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E87CD	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7693D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9592A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e87cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaadc',
    500: '#9e87cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e87cd;
$custom-light: #bcaadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e87cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E87CD

secondary

#DCE3CD

accent

#B43189

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E87CD

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

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