#9C809C#9C809C

#9C809C is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.053 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C809C
RGB	rgb(156, 128, 156)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 15.83, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 19.23, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0436 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.053 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4295, 24.9071, 34.8086)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C809C #809C80

analogous

#8E809C #9C809C #9C808E

triadic

#9C809C #9C9C80 #809C9C

tetradic

#9C809C #9C8E80 #809C80 #808E9C

square

#9C809C #9C8E80 #809C80 #808E9C

split-complementary

#9C809C #8E9C80 #809C8E

monochromatic

#5B475B #7D627D #9C809C #B7A2B7 #D2C5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9C809C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#9C809C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C809C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C809C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C809C	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c809c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 128, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.053 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a5b9',
    500: '#9c809c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c809c;
$custom-light: #b9a5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c809c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.389,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.05252,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C809C

secondary

#B6C2B6

accent

#B57373

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C809C

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

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