#9E8AEC#9E8AEC

#9E8AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.142 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8AEC
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(252, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 29.18, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 55.25, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0522 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.142 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3254, 31.5014, 83.4018)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8AEC #D8EC8A

analogous

#8AA7EC #9E8AEC #CF8AEC

triadic

#9E8AEC #EC9E8A #8AEC9E

tetradic

#9E8AEC #EC8AA7 #D8EC8A #8AECCF

square

#9E8AEC #EC8AA7 #D8EC8A #8AECCF

split-complementary

#9E8AEC #ECCF8A #A7EC8A

monochromatic

#4823D8 #7255E3 #9E8AEC #CABFF5 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9E8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8AEC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8AEC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9AF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D96EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.142 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacf2',
    500: '#9e8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8aec;
$custom-light: #bdacf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.245,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69199,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8AEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D411AC

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8AEC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →