#9C829C#9C829C

#9C829C is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.049 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C829C
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 156)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 14.68, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 17.85, 325.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0405 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.049 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6929, 25.4340, 34.8965)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C829C #829C82

analogous

#8F829C #9C829C #9C828F

triadic

#9C829C #9C9C82 #829C9C

tetradic

#9C829C #9C8F82 #829C82 #828F9C

square

#9C829C #9C8F82 #829C82 #828F9C

split-complementary

#9C829C #8F9C82 #829C8F

monochromatic

#5B485B #7D637D #9C829C #B7A4B7 #D2C6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C829C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C829C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C829C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C829C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C829C	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c829c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.049 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a6b9',
    500: '#9c829c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c829c;
$custom-light: #b9a6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c829c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63923,
    "c": 0.04873,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C829C

secondary

#B8C2B8

accent

#B57373

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C829C

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

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