#9E8CE7#9E8CE7

#9E8CE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8CE7
RGB	rgb(158, 140, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 39.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 26.76, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 51.29, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0487 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.132 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8987, 31.7940, 79.7259)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8CE7 #D5E78C

analogous

#8CA7E7 #9E8CE7 #CB8CE7

triadic

#9E8CE7 #E79E8C #8CE79E

tetradic

#9E8CE7 #E78CA7 #D5E78C #8CE7CB

square

#9E8CE7 #E78CA7 #D5E78C #8CE7CB

split-complementary

#9E8CE7 #E7CB8C #A7E78C

monochromatic

#4B2BCE #7359DC #9E8CE7 #C9BFF2 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E8CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9E8CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8CE7

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8CE7	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 140, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdadef',
    500: '#9e8ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ce7;
$custom-light: #bdadef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.868,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69306,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8CE7

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CD18A9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8CE7

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

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