#9C8A9E#9C8A9E

#9C8A9E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.036 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A9E
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(294, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 10.50, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 13.27, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0286 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.036 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9695, 27.7139, 36.1643)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A9E #8C9E8A

analogous

#928A9E #9C8A9E #9E8A96

triadic

#9C8A9E #9E9C8A #8A9E9C

tetradic

#9C8A9E #9E928A #8C9E8A #8A969E

square

#9C8A9E #9E928A #8C9E8A #8A969E

split-complementary

#9C8A9E #969E8A #8A9E92

monochromatic

#5D4F5F #7E6A80 #9C8A9E #B8ABBA #D5CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9C8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#9C8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A9E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A9E	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.036 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acba',
    500: '#9c8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a9e;
$custom-light: #b9acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65598,
    "c": 0.03585,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A9E

secondary

#BFC6BE

accent

#B2757C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A9E

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

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