#9C8298#9C8298

#9C8298 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.044 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8298
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 152)
HSL	hsl(309, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 17%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 13.90, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 16.06, 329.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.039 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.044 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3598, 25.3008, 33.1419)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8298 #829C86

analogous

#93829C #9C8298 #9C828B

triadic

#9C8298 #989C82 #82989C

tetradic

#9C8298 #9C9382 #829C86 #828B9C

square

#9C8298 #9C9382 #829C86 #828B9C

split-complementary

#9C8298 #8B9C82 #829C93

monochromatic

#5B4858 #7D6379 #9C8298 #B7A4B4 #D2C6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9C8298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9C8298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8298

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8298	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.044 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a6b6',
    500: '#9c8298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8298;
$custom-light: #b9a6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 11.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63781,
    "c": 0.04448,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8298

secondary

#B8C2B9

accent

#B57D73

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8298

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

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