#9C8EA5#9C8EA5

#9C8EA5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.037 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA5
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(277, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 9.64, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 14.04, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0249 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.037 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1737, 29.1307, 39.6232)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA5 #97A58E

analogous

#908EA5 #9C8EA5 #A58EA2

triadic

#9C8EA5 #A59C8E #8EA59C

tetradic

#9C8EA5 #A5908E #97A58E #8EA2A5

square

#9C8EA5 #A5908E #97A58E #8EA2A5

split-complementary

#9C8EA5 #A2A58E #8EA590

monochromatic

#5F5267 #7E6D89 #9C8EA5 #BAB0C0 #D8D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9C8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9C8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA5	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.037 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbf',
    500: '#9c8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea5;
$custom-light: #b9afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66656,
    "c": 0.03705,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA5

secondary

#C6CCC3

accent

#95506B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA5

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

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