#9C98AE#9C98AE

#9C98AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.032 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C98AE
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(251, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 5.86, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 12.40, 298.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.013 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.032 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5770, 32.5802, 44.6086)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C98AE #AAAE98

analogous

#989FAE #9C98AE #A798AE

triadic

#9C98AE #AE9C98 #98AE9C

tetradic

#9C98AE #AE989F #AAAE98 #98AEA7

square

#9C98AE #AE989F #AAAE98 #98AEA7

split-complementary

#9C98AE #AEA798 #9FAE98

monochromatic

#5E5A72 #7B7693 #9C98AE #BDBAC9 #DEDDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9C98AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9C98AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C98AE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C98AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C98AE	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c98ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.032 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b6c6',
    500: '#9c98ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c98ae;
$custom-light: #b9b6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c98ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.03219,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C98AE

secondary

#D3D5CD

accent

#964F89

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C98AE

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

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