#9E8AEB#9E8AEB

#9E8AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.140 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8AEB
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 28.92, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 54.71, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0521 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.14 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1806, 31.4434, 82.6387)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8AEB #D7EB8A

analogous

#8AA6EB #9E8AEB #CE8AEB

triadic

#9E8AEB #EB9E8A #8AEB9E

tetradic

#9E8AEB #EB8AA6 #D7EB8A #8AEBCE

square

#9E8AEB #EB8AA6 #D7EB8A #8AEBCE

split-complementary

#9E8AEB #EBCE8A #A6EB8A

monochromatic

#4925D6 #7356E2 #9E8AEB #C9BEF4 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9E8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8AEB

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8AEB	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C9AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E96E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.140 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacf2',
    500: '#9e8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8aeb;
$custom-light: #bdacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.371,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69147,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8AEB

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D313AB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8AEB

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

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