#9E87DD#9E87DD

#9E87DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.126 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E87DD
RGB	rgb(158, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 27.10, -40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 49.01, 303.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0535 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.126 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8125, 29.8170, 72.2611)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E87DD #C6DD87

analogous

#879BDD #9E87DD #C987DD

triadic

#9E87DD #DD9E87 #87DD9E

tetradic

#9E87DD #DD879B #C6DD87 #87DDC9

square

#9E87DD #DD879B #C6DD87 #87DDC9

split-complementary

#9E87DD #DDC987 #9BDD87

monochromatic

#5634B6 #7757CF #9E87DD #C5B7EB #EBE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9E87DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9E87DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E87DD

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E87DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E87DD	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F95E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7293DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9196A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e87dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.126 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaae8',
    500: '#9e87dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e87dd;
$custom-light: #bcaae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e87dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.047,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E87DD

secondary

#E6ECD4

accent

#C32298

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E87DD

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

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