#9C8EA7#9C8EA7

#9C8EA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.040 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA7
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(274, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 10.05, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 15.08, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0257 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.04 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3572, 29.2041, 40.5894)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA7 #99A78E

analogous

#8F8EA7 #9C8EA7 #A78EA5

triadic

#9C8EA7 #A79C8E #8EA79C

tetradic

#9C8EA7 #A78F8E #99A78E #8EA5A7

square

#9C8EA7 #A78F8E #99A78E #8EA5A7

split-complementary

#9C8EA7 #A5A78E #8EA78F

monochromatic

#5F5269 #7E6C8B #9C8EA7 #BAB0C2 #D8D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9C8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9C8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA7

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA7	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.040 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afc1',
    500: '#9c8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea7;
$custom-light: #b9afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66728,
    "c": 0.03967,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA7

secondary

#C8CDC4

accent

#974F6E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA7

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

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