#9E8CCC#9E8CCC

#9E8CCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.095 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8CCC
RGB	rgb(158, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(257, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 20.10, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 36.58, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0425 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.095 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3752, 30.3846, 61.1688)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8CCC #BACC8C

analogous

#8C9ACC #9E8CCC #BE8CCC

triadic

#9E8CCC #CC9E8C #8CCC9E

tetradic

#9E8CCC #CC8C9A #BACC8C #8CCCBE

square

#9E8CCC #CC8C9A #BACC8C #8CCCBE

split-complementary

#9E8CCC #CCBE8C #9ACC8C

monochromatic

#5C449A #7A62B9 #9E8CCC #C2B6DF #E6E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9E8CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9E8CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8CCC

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8CCC	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9596A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.095 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaddb',
    500: '#9e8ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ccc;
$custom-light: #bbaddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8CCC

secondary

#DEE4D0

accent

#B2348E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8CCC

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

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