#9C8EA3#9C8EA3

#9C8EA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.034 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA3
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 9.23, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 13.01, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0242 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.034 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9931, 29.0585, 38.6720)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA3 #95A38E

analogous

#928EA3 #9C8EA3 #A38EA0

triadic

#9C8EA3 #A39C8E #8EA39C

tetradic

#9C8EA3 #A3928E #95A38E #8EA0A3

square

#9C8EA3 #A3928E #95A38E #8EA0A3

split-complementary

#9C8EA3 #A0A38E #8EA392

monochromatic

#5E5265 #7E6D86 #9C8EA3 #BAB0BE #D7D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9C8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9C8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA3

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA3	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.034 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbe',
    500: '#9c8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea3;
$custom-light: #b9afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66586,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA3

secondary

#C5CAC2

accent

#B37589

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA3

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

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