#9F8AEE#9F8AEE

#9F8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.144 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8AEE
RGB	rgb(159, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(253, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 29.96, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 56.35, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0537 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.144 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8152, 31.7201, 84.9499)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8AEE #D9EE8A

analogous

#8AA7EE #9F8AEE #D18AEE

triadic

#9F8AEE #EE9F8A #8AEE9F

tetradic

#9F8AEE #EE8AA7 #D9EE8A #8AEED1

square

#9F8AEE #EE8AA7 #D9EE8A #8AEED1

split-complementary

#9F8AEE #EED18A #A7EE8A

monochromatic

#4820DD #7355E6 #9F8AEE #CBBFF6 #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9F8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9F8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8AEE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8AEE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.144 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beacf4',
    500: '#9f8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8aee;
$custom-light: #beacf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6939,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8AEE

secondary

#EDF3D8

accent

#D70FAD

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8AEE

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

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