#9C8CA6#9C8CA6

#9C8CA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.042 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CA6
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(277, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 10.98, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 15.91, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0284 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.042 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9702, 28.5775, 40.0061)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CA6 #96A68C

analogous

#8F8CA6 #9C8CA6 #A68CA3

triadic

#9C8CA6 #A69C8C #8CA69C

tetradic

#9C8CA6 #A68F8C #96A68C #8CA3A6

square

#9C8CA6 #A68F8C #96A68C #8CA3A6

split-complementary

#9C8CA6 #A3A68C #8CA68F

monochromatic

#5E5067 #7E6B8A #9C8CA6 #BAAFC1 #D7D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9C8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9C8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CA6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CA6	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.042 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adc0',
    500: '#9c8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ca6;
$custom-light: #b9adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66286,
    "c": 0.04201,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CA6

secondary

#C6CCC2

accent

#B6728C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CA6

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

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