#9C8CA4#9C8CA4

#9C8CA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.039 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CA4
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 10.57, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 14.88, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0277 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.039 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7882, 28.5047, 39.0474)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CA4 #94A48C

analogous

#908CA4 #9C8CA4 #A48CA0

triadic

#9C8CA4 #A49C8C #8CA49C

tetradic

#9C8CA4 #A4908C #94A48C #8CA0A4

square

#9C8CA4 #A4908C #94A48C #8CA0A4

split-complementary

#9C8CA4 #A0A48C #8CA490

monochromatic

#5E5065 #7E6B88 #9C8CA4 #B9AEBF #D7D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9C8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#9C8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CA4

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CA4	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.039 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adbf',
    500: '#9c8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ca4;
$custom-light: #b9adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.03944,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CA4

secondary

#C4CBC1

accent

#B57389

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CA4

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

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