#9E8AEE#9E8AEE

#9E8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.144 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8AEE
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 29.70, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 56.33, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0526 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.144 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6176, 31.6182, 84.9406)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8AEE #DAEE8A

analogous

#8AA8EE #9E8AEE #D08AEE

triadic

#9E8AEE #EE9E8A #8AEE9E

tetradic

#9E8AEE #EE8AA8 #DAEE8A #8AEED0

square

#9E8AEE #EE8AA8 #DAEE8A #8AEED0

split-complementary

#9E8AEE #EED08A #A8EE8A

monochromatic

#4620DD #7255E6 #9E8AEE #CABFF6 #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9E8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9E8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8AEE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8AEE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.144 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdacf4',
    500: '#9e8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8aee;
$custom-light: #bdacf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69305,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8AEE

secondary

#EDF3D8

accent

#D70FAF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8AEE

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

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