#9C8EA1#9C8EA1

#9C8EA1 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.032 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA1
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(284, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 8.82, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 11.99, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0235 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.032 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8153, 28.9874, 37.7357)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA1 #93A18E

analogous

#938EA1 #9C8EA1 #A18E9D

triadic

#9C8EA1 #A19C8E #8EA19C

tetradic

#9C8EA1 #A1938E #93A18E #8E9DA1

square

#9C8EA1 #A1938E #93A18E #8E9DA1

split-complementary

#9C8EA1 #9DA18E #8EA193

monochromatic

#5E5263 #7E6E84 #9C8EA1 #B9AFBD #D7D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C8EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9C8EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA1

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA1	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F93A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.032 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbc',
    500: '#9c8ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea1;
$custom-light: #b9afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 9.179,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66516,
    "c": 0.03196,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA1

secondary

#C4C9C2

accent

#B27686

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA1

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

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