#9F8BE9#9F8BE9

#9F8BE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.136 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8BE9
RGB	rgb(159, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 28.11, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 53.02, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0515 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.136 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2349, 31.7186, 81.1829)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8BE9 #D5E98B

analogous

#8BA6E9 #9F8BE9 #CE8BE9

triadic

#9F8BE9 #E99F8B #8BE99F

tetradic

#9F8BE9 #E98BA6 #D5E98B #8BE9CE

square

#9F8BE9 #E98BA6 #D5E98B #8BE9CE

split-complementary

#9F8BE9 #E9CE8B #A6E98B

monochromatic

#4C28D2 #7458DF #9F8BE9 #CABEF3 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9F8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9F8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8BE9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8BE9	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)

#6F9AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.136 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beadf0',
    500: '#9f8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8be9;
$custom-light: #beadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6931,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8BE9

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D015A8

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8BE9

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

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