#9C8AAA#9C8AAA

#9C8AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.051 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AAA
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(274, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 12.95, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 19.35, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0329 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.051 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0532, 28.1474, 41.8722)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AAA #98AA8A

analogous

#8C8AAA #9C8AAA #AA8AA8

triadic

#9C8AAA #AA9C8A #8AAA9C

tetradic

#9C8AAA #AA8C8A #98AA8A #8AA8AA

square

#9C8AAA #AA8C8A #98AA8A #8AA8AA

split-complementary

#9C8AAA #A8AA8A #8AAA8C

monochromatic

#5F4E6C #7E688F #9C8AAA #BAADC4 #D8D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9C8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#9C8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AAA

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AAA	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8590AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.051 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acc3',
    500: '#9c8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aaa;
$custom-light: #b9acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66032,
    "c": 0.05088,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AAA

secondary

#C7CEC2

accent

#9A4B6E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AAA

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

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