#9C8CAA#9C8CAA

#9C8CAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.047 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8CAA
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 11.81, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 18.00, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0298 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.047 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3428, 28.7265, 41.9687)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8CAA #9AAA8C

analogous

#8D8CAA #9C8CAA #AA8CA9

triadic

#9C8CAA #AA9C8C #8CAA9C

tetradic

#9C8CAA #AA8D8C #9AAA8C #8CA9AA

square

#9C8CAA #AA8D8C #9AAA8C #8CA9AA

split-complementary

#9C8CAA #A9AA8C #8CAA8D

monochromatic

#5F506C #7E6A8F #9C8CAA #BAAFC4 #D9D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9C8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9C8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CAA

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8CAA	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)

#8891AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.047 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adc3',
    500: '#9c8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8caa;
$custom-light: #b9adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66433,
    "c": 0.04727,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8CAA

secondary

#C9CFC3

accent

#994C70

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8CAA

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

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