#9E8DD4#9E8DD4

#9E8DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.104 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8DD4
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 33%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, 21.45, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 40.32, 302.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0432 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.104 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5063, 31.0719, 66.4014)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8DD4 #C3D48D

analogous

#8DA0D4 #9E8DD4 #C28DD4

triadic

#9E8DD4 #D49E8D #8DD49E

tetradic

#9E8DD4 #D48DA0 #C3D48D #8DD4C2

square

#9E8DD4 #D48DA0 #C3D48D #8DD4C2

split-complementary

#9E8DD4 #D4C28D #A0D48D

monochromatic

#583FA7 #7861C3 #9E8DD4 #C4B9E5 #EAE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9E8DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#9E8DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8DD4

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8DD4	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B98D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9399A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.104 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaee1',
    500: '#9e8dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8dd4;
$custom-light: #bcaee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.366,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68567,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8DD4

secondary

#E4E9D4

accent

#B82D97

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8DD4

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

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