All About Color #9C8BA7

#9C8BA7

About #9C8BA7

#9C8BA7 is a light purple color with the hex code #9C8BA7. In RGB it is red 156, green 139, blue 167; in HSL it is hue 276°, saturation 14%, lightness 60%; in CMYK it is 7%, 17%, 0%, 35%. Its contrast ratio is 3.15:1 on white and 6.66:1 on black.

#9C8BA7 Color Conversion

Hex triplet9C, 8B, A7
CMYK6.59%, 16.77%, 0.00%, 34.51%
RGB Decimal156, 139, 167
HSL276°, 14%, 60%
RGB Octal234, 213, 247
HSV (HSB)276.43°, 16.77%, 65.49%
RGB Binary10011100, 10001011, 10100111
CIE-L*AB60.18, 11.76, -12.43
RGB Percent61.18%, 54.51%, 65.49%
CIE-L*CH60.18, 17.11, 313.42
XYZ29.92, 28.32, 40.45
CIE-L*UV60.18, 7.74, -20.23
xyY0.30, 0.29, 28.32
Hunter-Lab53.22, 7.21, -7.81
RYB61.18%, 54.51%, 65.49%

Color Accessibility Scores

#9C8BA7 on a dark background: contrast 6.66:1, passes WCAG AA.
#9C8BA7 on a light background: contrast 3.15:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #9C8BA7, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

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Complementary palette

#9C8BA7 · #C8BFCF · #6E5C7A · #96A78B · #C5CFBF

Analogous palette

#8B96A7 · #8E8BA7 · #9C8BA7 · #A78BA4 · #A78B96

Triadic palette

#9C8BA7 · #A79C8B · #8BA79C · #C8BFCF · #CFC8BF

Tetradic palette

#9C8BA7 · #A78E8B · #96A78B · #8BA4A7 · #6E5C7A

Monochromatic palette

#4F4257 · #766383 · #9C8BA7 · #C1B6C8 · #E6E2E9

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