#9C96AE#9C96AE

#9C96AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.035 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C96AE
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 6.99, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 13.64, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.016 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.035 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2551, 31.9365, 44.5013)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C96AE #A8AE96

analogous

#969CAE #9C96AE #A896AE

triadic

#9C96AE #AE9C96 #96AE9C

tetradic

#9C96AE #AE969C #A8AE96 #96AEA8

square

#9C96AE #AE969C #A8AE96 #96AEA8

split-complementary

#9C96AE #AEA896 #9CAE96

monochromatic

#5E5872 #7B7393 #9C96AE #BDB9C9 #DDDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9C96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9C96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C96AE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C96AE	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.035 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b4c6',
    500: '#9c96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c96ae;
$custom-light: #b9b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68616,
    "c": 0.03543,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C96AE

secondary

#D2D4CC

accent

#974E85

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C96AE

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

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