#9C8BB2#9C8BB2

#9C8BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.060 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8BB2
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(266, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 14.10, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 22.95, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.034 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.06 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9773, 28.7476, 46.0277)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8BB2 #A1B28B

analogous

#8B8EB2 #9C8BB2 #B08BB2

triadic

#9C8BB2 #B29C8B #8BB29C

tetradic

#9C8BB2 #B28B8E #A1B28B #8BB2B0

square

#9C8BB2 #B28B8E #A1B28B #8BB2B0

split-complementary

#9C8BB2 #B2B08B #8EB28B

monochromatic

#5F4E75 #7D669A #9C8BB2 #BBB0CA #DBD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9C8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9C8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8BB2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8BB2	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8491B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.060 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adc9',
    500: '#9c8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8bb2;
$custom-light: #b9adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.05985,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8BB2

secondary

#CDD4C5

accent

#9F4778

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8BB2

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

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