#9C889C#9C889C

#9C889C is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.037 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C889C
RGB	rgb(156, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 11.25, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 13.71, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.031 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.037 326)
XYZ	xyz(28.5144, 27.0770, 35.1703)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C889C #889C88

analogous

#92889C #9C889C #9C8892

triadic

#9C889C #9C9C88 #889C9C

tetradic

#9C889C #9C9288 #889C88 #88929C

square

#9C889C #9C9288 #889C88 #88929C

split-complementary

#9C889C #929C88 #889C92

monochromatic

#5D4D5D #7E697E #9C889C #B8A9B8 #D4CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C889C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C889C	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.037 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aab9',
    500: '#9c889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c889c;
$custom-light: #b9aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.174,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.03735,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.27077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C889C

secondary

#BCC4BC

accent

#B27676

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C889C

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

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