#9C8EA4#9C8EA4

#9C8EA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.036 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA4
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(278, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 9.43, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 13.52, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0246 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.036 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0831, 29.0945, 39.1457)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA4 #96A48E

analogous

#918EA4 #9C8EA4 #A48EA1

triadic

#9C8EA4 #A49C8E #8EA49C

tetradic

#9C8EA4 #A4918E #96A48E #8EA1A4

square

#9C8EA4 #A4918E #96A48E #8EA1A4

split-complementary

#9C8EA4 #A1A48E #8EA491

monochromatic

#5E5266 #7E6D88 #9C8EA4 #BAB0BF #D7D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9C8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9C8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA4

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA4	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.036 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbf',
    500: '#9c8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea4;
$custom-light: #b9afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66621,
    "c": 0.03575,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA4

secondary

#C6CBC3

accent

#B4748B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA4

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

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