#9F8EE7#9F8EE7

#9F8EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8EE7
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 231)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 25.89, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 50.07, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0471 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.129 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3912, 32.4857, 79.8335)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8EE7 #D6E78E

analogous

#8EA9E7 #9F8EE7 #CC8EE7

triadic

#9F8EE7 #E79F8E #8EE79F

tetradic

#9F8EE7 #E78EA9 #D6E78E #8EE7CC

square

#9F8EE7 #E78EA9 #D6E78E #8EE7CC

split-complementary

#9F8EE7 #E7CC8E #A9E78E

monochromatic

#4B2CCF #745CDC #9F8EE7 #CAC0F2 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9F8EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#9F8EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8EE7

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8EE7	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9EB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdafef',
    500: '#9f8ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8ee7;
$custom-light: #bdafef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.461,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6976,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8EE7

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CD19AA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8EE7

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

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