#9C809E#9C809E

#9C809E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.055 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C809E
RGB	rgb(156, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(296, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 16.23, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 20.16, 323.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0443 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.055 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6003, 24.9754, 35.7079)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C809E #829E80

analogous

#8D809E #9C809E #9E8091

triadic

#9C809E #9E9C80 #809E9C

tetradic

#9C809E #9E8D80 #829E80 #80919E

square

#9C809E #9E8D80 #829E80 #80919E

split-complementary

#9C809E #919E80 #809E8D

monochromatic

#5B475D #7D617F #9C809E #B7A3B9 #D2C5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9C809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9C809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C809E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C809E	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.055 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a5ba',
    500: '#9c809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c809e;
$custom-light: #b9a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63602,
    "c": 0.05475,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C809E

secondary

#B8C3B7

accent

#B67276

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C809E

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

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