#9C8EA9#9C8EA9

#9C8EA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.042 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8EA9
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(271, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 10.46, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 16.14, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0264 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.042 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5435, 29.2786, 41.5707)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8EA9 #9BA98E

analogous

#8E8EA9 #9C8EA9 #A98EA8

triadic

#9C8EA9 #A99C8E #8EA99C

tetradic

#9C8EA9 #A98E8E #9BA98E #8EA8A9

square

#9C8EA9 #A98E8E #9BA98E #8EA8A9

split-complementary

#9C8EA9 #A8A98E #8EA98E

monochromatic

#5F526B #7E6C8E #9C8EA9 #BAB1C3 #D9D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9C8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8EA9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8EA9	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.042 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afc2',
    500: '#9c8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8ea9;
$custom-light: #b9afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8EA9

secondary

#C9CEC4

accent

#984E71

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8EA9

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

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