#9C8AA8#9C8AA8

#9C8AA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.048 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AA8
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(276, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 12.54, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 18.30, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0322 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.048 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8655, 28.0723, 40.8833)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AA8 #96A88A

analogous

#8D8AA8 #9C8AA8 #A88AA5

triadic

#9C8AA8 #A89C8A #8AA89C

tetradic

#9C8AA8 #A88D8A #96A88A #8AA5A8

square

#9C8AA8 #A88D8A #96A88A #8AA5A8

split-complementary

#9C8AA8 #A5A88A #8AA88D

monochromatic

#5F4E69 #7E688C #9C8AA8 #BAADC2 #D7D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9C8AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9C8AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AA8

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AA8	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.048 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acc1',
    500: '#9c8aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aa8;
$custom-light: #b9acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65957,
    "c": 0.04826,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AA8

secondary

#C6CDC1

accent

#B7708D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AA8

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

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