#9C8A9A#9C8A9A

#9C8A9A is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.031 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A9A
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(307, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(307, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 9.72, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 11.42, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0271 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.031 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6308, 27.5784, 34.3805)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A9A #8A9C8C

analogous

#958A9C #9C8A9A #9C8A91

triadic

#9C8A9A #9A9C8A #8A9A9C

tetradic

#9C8A9A #9C958A #8A9C8C #8A919C

square

#9C8A9A #9C958A #8A9C8C #8A919C

split-complementary

#9C8A9A #919C8A #8A9C95

monochromatic

#5D4F5B #7E6B7C #9C8A9A #B8ABB7 #D4CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9C8A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#9C8A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A9A

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A9A	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.031 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acb7',
    500: '#9c8a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a9a;
$custom-light: #b9acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65461,
    "c": 0.03141,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A9A

secondary

#BDC5BE

accent

#B17D76

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A9A

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

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