#9979AC#9979AC

#9979AC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.083 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9979AC
RGB	rgb(153, 121, 172)
HSL	hsl(278, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 29.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 22.15, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 31.51, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0562 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.083 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4194, 23.4260, 42.0989)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9979AC #8CAC79

analogous

#8079AC #9979AC #AC79A5

triadic

#9979AC #AC9979 #79AC99

tetradic

#9979AC #AC8079 #8CAC79 #79A5AC

square

#9979AC #AC8079 #8CAC79 #79A5AC

split-complementary

#9979AC #A5AC79 #79AC80

monochromatic

#5A4169 #7B598F #9979AC #B69FC3 #D3C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9979AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#9979AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9979AC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9979AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9979AC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7183AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7886AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9979ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 121, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.083 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0c5',
    500: '#9979ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9979ac;
$custom-light: #b7a0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9979ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 23.502,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9979AC

secondary

#BECBB6

accent

#C06889

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9979AC

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

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