#9C8EA2#9C8EA2

#9C8EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.033 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA2
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(282, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 9.03, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 12.50, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0238 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.033 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9039, 29.0228, 38.2020)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA2 #94A28E

analogous

#928EA2 #9C8EA2 #A28E9E

triadic

#9C8EA2 #A29C8E #8EA29C

tetradic

#9C8EA2 #A2928E #94A28E #8E9EA2

square

#9C8EA2 #A2928E #94A28E #8E9EA2

split-complementary

#9C8EA2 #9EA28E #8EA292

monochromatic

#5E5264 #7E6E85 #9C8EA2 #B9B0BE #D7D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9C8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA2

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA2	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)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.033 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbd',
    500: '#9c8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea2;
$custom-light: #b9afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.0332,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA2

secondary

#C4CAC2

accent

#B37588

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA2

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

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