#9C8FA2#9C8FA2

#9C8FA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.031 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8FA2
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 162)
HSL	hsl(281, 9%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 8.46, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 11.82, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0223 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.031 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0533, 29.3217, 38.2518)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8FA2 #95A28F

analogous

#938FA2 #9C8FA2 #A28F9E

triadic

#9C8FA2 #A29C8F #8FA29C

tetradic

#9C8FA2 #A2938F #95A28F #8F9EA2

square

#9C8FA2 #A2938F #95A28F #8F9EA2

split-complementary

#9C8FA2 #9EA28F #8FA293

monochromatic

#5E5364 #7E6F85 #9C8FA2 #BAB0BE #D7D2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C8FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9C8FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8FA2

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8FA2	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)

#8D93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.031 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afbd',
    500: '#9c8fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8fa2;
$custom-light: #b9afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 9.268,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66755,
    "c": 0.03136,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8FA2

secondary

#C5CAC3

accent

#B27689

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8FA2

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

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