#9F87BF#9F87BF

#9F87BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.085 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F87BF
RGB	rgb(159, 135, 191)
HSL	hsl(266, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 20.26, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 32.83, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0475 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.085 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3641, 28.4605, 53.0685)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F87BF #A7BF87

analogous

#878BBF #9F87BF #BB87BF

triadic

#9F87BF #BF9F87 #87BF9F

tetradic

#9F87BF #BF878B #A7BF87 #87BFBB

square

#9F87BF #BF878B #A7BF87 #87BFBB

split-complementary

#9F87BF #BFBB87 #8BBF87

monochromatic

#614785 #7F5FAA #9F87BF #BFAFD4 #DFD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9F87BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#9F87BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F87BF

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F87BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F87BF	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C91C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f87bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 135, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.085 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaad2',
    500: '#9f87bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f87bf;
$custom-light: #bcaad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f87bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66568,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F87BF

secondary

#D2DBC7

accent

#A93C7B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F87BF

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

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