#9C8AAE#9C8AAE

#9C8AAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.056 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AAE
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 13.80, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 21.46, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0342 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.056 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4374, 28.3010, 43.8953)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AAE #9CAE8A

analogous

#8A8AAE #9C8AAE #AE8AAE

triadic

#9C8AAE #AE9C8A #8AAE9C

tetradic

#9C8AAE #AE8A8A #9CAE8A #8AAEAE

square

#9C8AAE #AE8A8A #9CAE8A #8AAEAE

split-complementary

#9C8AAE #AEAE8A #8AAE8A

monochromatic

#5F4E70 #7D6794 #9C8AAE #BBAEC7 #D9D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9C8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#9C8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AAE

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AAE	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8490B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.056 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acc6',
    500: '#9c8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aae;
$custom-light: #b9acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66184,
    "c": 0.05621,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AAE

secondary

#CAD1C3

accent

#9C4973

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AAE

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

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