#9C98AA#9C98AA

#9C98AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.026 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C98AA
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(253, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 5.02, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 10.18, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0115 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.026 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1928, 32.4266, 42.5854)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C98AA #A6AA98

analogous

#989DAA #9C98AA #A598AA

triadic

#9C98AA #AA9C98 #98AA9C

tetradic

#9C98AA #AA989D #A6AA98 #98AAA5

square

#9C98AA #AA989D #A6AA98 #98AAA5

split-complementary

#9C98AA #AAA598 #9DAA98

monochromatic

#5E5A6D #7C768E #9C98AA #BCBAC6 #DCDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9C98AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#9C98AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C98AA

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C98AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C98AA	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c98aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.026 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b6c3',
    500: '#9c98aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c98aa;
$custom-light: #b9b6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c98aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.02644,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C98AA

secondary

#D1D2CC

accent

#945285

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C98AA

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

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