#908CA2#908CA2

#908CA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.033 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#908CA2
RGB	rgb(144, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(251, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 5.97, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 12.58, 298.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0132 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.033 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4000, 27.2940, 38.0002)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#908CA2 #9EA28C

analogous

#8C93A2 #908CA2 #9B8CA2

triadic

#908CA2 #A2908C #8CA290

tetradic

#908CA2 #A28C93 #9EA28C #8CA29B

square

#908CA2 #A28C93 #9EA28C #8CA29B

split-complementary

#908CA2 #A29B8C #93A28C

monochromatic

#545063 #706C85 #908CA2 #B1AEBD #D1D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#908CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#908CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #908CA2

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##908CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##908CA2	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #908ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.033 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0adbd',
    500: '#908ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #908ca2;
$custom-light: #b0adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#908ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65089,
    "c": 0.03268,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#908CA2

secondary

#C8C9C1

accent

#B474A8

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #908CA2

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

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