#9A8CB7#9A8CB7

#9A8CB7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.065 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8CB7
RGB	rgb(154, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(260, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 13.97, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 24.85, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0318 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.065 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2500, 29.0450, 48.7505)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8CB7 #A9B78C

analogous

#8C93B7 #9A8CB7 #AF8CB7

triadic

#9A8CB7 #B79A8C #8CB79A

tetradic

#9A8CB7 #B78C93 #A9B78C #8CB7AF

square

#9A8CB7 #B78C93 #A9B78C #8CB7AF

split-complementary

#9A8CB7 #B7AF8C #93B78C

monochromatic

#5C4D7B #79669F #9A8CB7 #BBB2CF #DCD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9A8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9A8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8CB7

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8CB7	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8592B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.065 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8adcc',
    500: '#9a8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8cb7;
$custom-light: #b8adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 22.995,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6676,
    "c": 0.06454,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8CB7

secondary

#D2D7C8

accent

#A14483

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8CB7

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

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