#9F8DD4#9F8DD4

#9F8DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8DD4
RGB	rgb(159, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(255, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 21.74, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 40.36, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0443 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.104 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7038, 31.1738, 66.4107)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8DD4 #C2D48D

analogous

#8D9FD4 #9F8DD4 #C38DD4

triadic

#9F8DD4 #D49F8D #8DD49F

tetradic

#9F8DD4 #D48D9F #C2D48D #8DD4C3

square

#9F8DD4 #D48D9F #C2D48D #8DD4C3

split-complementary

#9F8DD4 #D4C38D #9FD48D

monochromatic

#5A3FA7 #7A61C3 #9F8DD4 #C4B9E5 #EAE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9F8DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9F8DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8DD4

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8DD4	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B98D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D97D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9499A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaee1',
    500: '#9f8dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8dd4;
$custom-light: #bcaee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.211,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68653,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8DD4

secondary

#E3E9D4

accent

#B82D95

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8DD4

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

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