#9F8ADE#9F8ADE

#9F8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8ADE
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 25.91, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 47.69, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0508 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.123 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5682, 30.8213, 73.1156)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8ADE #C9DE8A

analogous

#8A9FDE #9F8ADE #C98ADE

triadic

#9F8ADE #DE9F8A #8ADE9F

tetradic

#9F8ADE #DE8A9F #C9DE8A #8ADEC9

square

#9F8ADE #DE8A9F #C9DE8A #8ADEC9

split-complementary

#9F8ADE #DEC98A #9FDE8A

monochromatic

#5634B9 #785AD1 #9F8ADE #C6BAEB #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9F8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9F8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8ADE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8ADE	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7398E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9199A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdace8',
    500: '#9f8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8ade;
$custom-light: #bdace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6857,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8ADE

secondary

#E8EDD6

accent

#C4229B

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8ADE

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

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