#9C8DA2#9C8DA2

#9C8DA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.035 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8DA2
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 162)
HSL	hsl(283, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 13%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 9.59, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 13.18, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0254 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.035 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7557, 28.7266, 38.1526)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8DA2 #93A28D

analogous

#928DA2 #9C8DA2 #A28D9E

triadic

#9C8DA2 #A29C8D #8DA29C

tetradic

#9C8DA2 #A2928D #93A28D #8D9EA2

square

#9C8DA2 #A2928D #93A28D #8D9EA2

split-complementary

#9C8DA2 #9EA28D #8DA292

monochromatic

#5E5163 #7E6D85 #9C8DA2 #B9AFBD #D7D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9C8DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9C8DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8DA2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8DA2	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)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.035 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aebd',
    500: '#9c8da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8da2;
$custom-light: #b9aebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 10.145,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66347,
    "c": 0.03505,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8DA2

secondary

#C4C9C1

accent

#B37587

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8DA2

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

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