#9C829A#9C829A

#9C829A is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.047 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C829A
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 154)
HSL	hsl(305, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 17%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 1.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 14.29, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 16.94, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0397 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.047 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5250, 25.3668, 34.0119)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C829A #829C84

analogous

#91829C #9C829A #9C828D

triadic

#9C829A #9A9C82 #829A9C

tetradic

#9C829A #9C9182 #829C84 #828D9C

square

#9C829A #9C9182 #829C84 #828D9C

split-complementary

#9C829A #8D9C82 #829C91

monochromatic

#5B485A #7D637B #9C829A #B7A4B6 #D2C6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C829A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9C829A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C829A

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C829A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C829A	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c829a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.047 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a6b7',
    500: '#9c829a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c829a;
$custom-light: #b9a6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c829a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 11.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.04656,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C829A

secondary

#B8C2B8

accent

#B57873

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C829A

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