#9C8AA4#9C8AA4

#9C8AA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.043 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AA4
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(282, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 11.71, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 16.24, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0308 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.043 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4986, 27.9255, 38.9509)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AA4 #92A48A

analogous

#8F8AA4 #9C8AA4 #A48A9F

triadic

#9C8AA4 #A49C8A #8AA49C

tetradic

#9C8AA4 #A48F8A #92A48A #8A9FA4

square

#9C8AA4 #A48F8A #92A48A #8A9FA4

split-complementary

#9C8AA4 #9FA48A #8AA48F

monochromatic

#5E4F65 #7E6987 #9C8AA4 #B9ACBF #D6CFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9C8AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#9C8AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AA4

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AA4	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.043 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acbf',
    500: '#9c8aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aa4;
$custom-light: #b9acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6581,
    "c": 0.04313,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AA4

secondary

#C3CAC0

accent

#B57287

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AA4

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

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