#9C8EA6#9C8EA6

#9C8EA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.038 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA6
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(275, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 9.84, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 14.56, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0253 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.038 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2651, 29.1673, 40.1044)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA6 #98A68E

analogous

#908EA6 #9C8EA6 #A68EA4

triadic

#9C8EA6 #A69C8E #8EA69C

tetradic

#9C8EA6 #A6908E #98A68E #8EA4A6

square

#9C8EA6 #A6908E #98A68E #8EA4A6

split-complementary

#9C8EA6 #A4A68E #8EA690

monochromatic

#5F5268 #7E6D8A #9C8EA6 #BAB0C1 #D8D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9C8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9C8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA6	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#8B92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.038 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afc0',
    500: '#9c8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea6;
$custom-light: #b9afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66692,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA6

secondary

#C7CCC3

accent

#96506D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA6

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

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