#9C8EA0#9C8EA0

#9C8EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.031 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA0
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(287, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 8.63, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 11.49, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0231 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.031 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7275, 28.9522, 37.2732)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA0 #92A08E

analogous

#938EA0 #9C8EA0 #A08E9B

triadic

#9C8EA0 #A09C8E #8EA09C

tetradic

#9C8EA0 #A0938E #92A08E #8E9BA0

square

#9C8EA0 #A0938E #92A08E #8E9BA0

split-complementary

#9C8EA0 #9BA08E #8EA093

monochromatic

#5E5262 #7E6E83 #9C8EA0 #B9AFBC #D6D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#9C8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA0

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA0	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.031 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbc',
    500: '#9c8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea0;
$custom-light: #b9afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66482,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA0

secondary

#C3C8C1

accent

#B27683

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA0

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

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