#9C8EA8#9C8EA8

#9C8EA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.041 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA8
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(272, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 10.26, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 15.61, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.026 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.041 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4500, 29.2412, 41.0782)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA8 #9AA88E

analogous

#8F8EA8 #9C8EA8 #A88EA7

triadic

#9C8EA8 #A89C8E #8EA89C

tetradic

#9C8EA8 #A88F8E #9AA88E #8EA7A8

square

#9C8EA8 #A88F8E #9AA88E #8EA7A8

split-complementary

#9C8EA8 #A7A88E #8EA88F

monochromatic

#5F526A #7E6C8D #9C8EA8 #BAB1C3 #D9D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9C8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9C8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA8

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA8	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.041 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afc1',
    500: '#9c8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea8;
$custom-light: #b9afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66764,
    "c": 0.041,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA8

secondary

#C9CEC4

accent

#974E70

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA8

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

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