#9C889E#9C889E

#9C889E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.040 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C889E
RGB	rgb(156, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(295, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 11.64, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 14.65, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0317 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.04 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6852, 27.1453, 36.0695)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C889E #8A9E88

analogous

#91889E #9C889E #9E8895

triadic

#9C889E #9E9C88 #889E9C

tetradic

#9C889E #9E9188 #8A9E88 #88959E

square

#9C889E #9E9188 #8A9E88 #88959E

split-complementary

#9C889E #959E88 #889E91

monochromatic

#5D4D5F #7E6980 #9C889E #B8AAB9 #D4CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9C889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C889E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C889E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.040 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aaba',
    500: '#9c889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c889e;
$custom-light: #b9aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65193,
    "c": 0.03961,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C889E

secondary

#BDC5BC

accent

#B3757A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C889E

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

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