#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
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(263, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 14.18, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 23.91, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0335 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.062 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4272, 29.1603, 47.6799)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##9C8CB5	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9C8CB5

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

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