#9C849E#9C849E

#9C849E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.047 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C849E
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(295, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 13.93, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 17.40, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.038 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.047 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1323, 26.0395, 35.8853)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C849E #869E84

analogous

#8F849E #9C849E #9E8493

triadic

#9C849E #9E9C84 #849E9C

tetradic

#9C849E #9E8F84 #869E84 #84939E

square

#9C849E #9E8F84 #869E84 #84939E

split-complementary

#9C849E #939E84 #849E8F

monochromatic

#5C4A5E #7E6580 #9C849E #B8A6B9 #D3C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C849E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C849E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.047 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a7ba',
    500: '#9c849e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c849e;
$custom-light: #b9a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 11.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64392,
    "c": 0.04718,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C849E

secondary

#BAC4BA

accent

#B57378

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

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