#9C96AA#9C96AA

#9C96AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.030 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C96AA
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(258, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 6.15, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 11.44, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0146 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.03 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8710, 31.7829, 42.4781)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C96AA #A4AA96

analogous

#969AAA #9C96AA #A696AA

triadic

#9C96AA #AA9C96 #96AA9C

tetradic

#9C96AA #AA969A #A4AA96 #96AAA6

square

#9C96AA #AA969A #A4AA96 #96AAA6

split-complementary

#9C96AA #AAA696 #9AAA96

monochromatic

#5F586D #7C748F #9C96AA #BCB8C5 #DCDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9C96AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9C96AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C96AA

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C96AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C96AA	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c96aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.030 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b4c3',
    500: '#9c96aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c96aa;
$custom-light: #b9b4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c96aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68474,
    "c": 0.02975,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C96AA

secondary

#CFD2CA

accent

#955180

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C96AA

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

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