#9C8AAB#9C8AAB

#9C8AAB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.052 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AAB
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(273, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 13.17, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 19.87, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0332 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.052 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1482, 28.1853, 42.3723)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AAB #99AB8A

analogous

#8B8AAB #9C8AAB #AB8AA9

triadic

#9C8AAB #AB9C8A #8AAB9C

tetradic

#9C8AAB #AB8B8A #99AB8A #8AA9AB

square

#9C8AAB #AB8B8A #99AB8A #8AA9AB

split-complementary

#9C8AAB #A9AB8A #8AAB8B

monochromatic

#5F4E6D #7E6890 #9C8AAB #BAAEC5 #D8D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9C8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#9C8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AAB

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AAB	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8590AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.052 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acc4',
    500: '#9c8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aab;
$custom-light: #b9acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6607,
    "c": 0.0522,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AAB

secondary

#C8CFC2

accent

#9B4B6F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AAB

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

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