#9C889A#9C889A

#9C889A is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.035 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C889A
RGB	rgb(156, 136, 154)
HSL	hsl(306, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(306, 13%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 1.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 10.86, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 12.80, 328.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0302 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.035 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3465, 27.0098, 34.2857)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C889A #889C8A

analogous

#94889C #9C889A #9C8890

triadic

#9C889A #9A9C88 #889A9C

tetradic

#9C889A #9C9488 #889C8A #88909C

square

#9C889A #9C9488 #889C8A #88909C

split-complementary

#9C889A #909C88 #889C94

monochromatic

#5D4D5B #7E697C #9C889A #B8A9B6 #D4CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C889A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9C889A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C889A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C889A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C889A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c889a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 136, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.035 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aab7',
    500: '#9c889a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c889a;
$custom-light: #b9aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c889a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 9.174,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65055,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C889A

secondary

#BCC4BD

accent

#B27C76

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C889A

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

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