#9C8CB5#9C8CB5

#9C8CB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.062 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9C8CB5
RGBrgb(156, 140, 181)
HSLhsl(263, 22%, 63%)
HSVhsv(263, 23%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(13.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(60.92, 14.18, -19.25)
CIE-LCHlch(60.92, 23.91, 306.38°)
OKLaboklab(66.86% 0.0335 -0.0524)
OKLCHoklch(66.86% 0.062 302.6)
XYZxyz(31.4272, 29.1603, 47.6799)
Luminance0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9C8CB5 #A5B58C
analogous
#8C90B5 #9C8CB5 #B08CB5
triadic
#9C8CB5 #B59C8C #8CB59C
tetradic
#9C8CB5 #B58C90 #A5B58C #8CB5B0
square
#9C8CB5 #B58C90 #A5B58C #8CB5B0
split-complementary
#9C8CB5 #B5B08C #90B58C
monochromatic
#5F4E79 #7C679D #9C8CB5 #BCB1CD #DCD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07
#9C8CB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83
#9C8CB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8CB5
6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9C8CB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9C8CB51.003.076.836.83
#FFFFFF3.071.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8321.001.001.00
##0000006.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8493B7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8793B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#98929A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9c8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.062 302.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adcb',
    500: '#9c8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9c8cb5;
$custom-light: #b9adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9c8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 21.693,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66857,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9C8CB5
secondary
#D0D6C7
accent
#A0457D
background
#FBFAFC
surface
#F6F4F8
border
#D0CED1
text
#111013
muted
#807F82

Preview Lab

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#9C8CB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva