#9C8AA6#9C8AA6

#9C8AA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.046 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AA6
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(279, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 12.12, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 17.26, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0315 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.046 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6806, 27.9983, 39.9096)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AA6 #94A68A

analogous

#8E8AA6 #9C8AA6 #A68AA2

triadic

#9C8AA6 #A69C8A #8AA69C

tetradic

#9C8AA6 #A68E8A #94A68A #8AA2A6

square

#9C8AA6 #A68E8A #94A68A #8AA2A6

split-complementary

#9C8AA6 #A2A68A #8AA68E

monochromatic

#5E4E67 #7E698A #9C8AA6 #B9ADC0 #D7D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9C8AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9C8AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AA6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AA6	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.046 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acc0',
    500: '#9c8aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aa6;
$custom-light: #b9acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65883,
    "c": 0.04567,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AA6

secondary

#C4CBC0

accent

#B6718A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AA6

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

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