#9C8AAF#9C8AAF

#9C8AAF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.058 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8AAF
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(269, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 14.02, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 22.00, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0346 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.058 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5352, 28.3402, 44.4107)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8AAF #9DAF8A

analogous

#8A8BAF #9C8AAF #AF8AAF

triadic

#9C8AAF #AF9C8A #8AAF9C

tetradic

#9C8AAF #AF8A8B #9DAF8A #8AAFAF

square

#9C8AAF #AF8A8B #9DAF8A #8AAFAF

split-complementary

#9C8AAF #AFAF8A #8BAF8A

monochromatic

#5F4D71 #7D6696 #9C8AAF #BBAEC8 #DAD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9C8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#9C8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8AAF

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8AAF	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8490B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.058 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acc7',
    500: '#9c8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8aaf;
$custom-light: #b9acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 18.782,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66223,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8AAF

secondary

#CBD1C3

accent

#9D4874

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8AAF

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

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