#9E8ADD#9E8ADD

#9E8ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8ADD
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 25.38, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 47.12, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0494 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.121 294)
XYZ	xyz(36.2370, 30.6660, 72.4026)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8ADD #C9DD8A

analogous

#8A9FDD #9E8ADD #C78ADD

triadic

#9E8ADD #DD9E8A #8ADD9E

tetradic

#9E8ADD #DD8A9F #C9DD8A #8ADDC7

square

#9E8ADD #DD8A9F #C9DD8A #8ADDC7

split-complementary

#9E8ADD #DDC78A #9FDD8A

monochromatic

#5535B7 #775BCF #9E8ADD #C5B9EB #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9E8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#9E8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8ADD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8ADD	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7397E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9099A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcace8',
    500: '#9e8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8add;
$custom-light: #bcace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.458,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68434,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.30667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8ADD

secondary

#E7EDD6

accent

#C2239C

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8ADD

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

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