Faded Purple#916E99

#916E99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.076 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Faded Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#916E99
RGB	rgb(145, 110, 153)
HSL	hsl(289, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 21.78, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 28.24, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0582 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.076 320)
XYZ	xyz(23.0020, 19.4720, 32.6776)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916E99 #76996E

analogous

#7C6E99 #916E99 #996E8C

triadic

#916E99 #99916E #6E9991

tetradic

#916E99 #997C6E #76996E #6E8C99

square

#916E99 #997C6E #76996E #6E8C99

split-complementary

#916E99 #8C996E #6E997C

monochromatic

#4E3A53 #705376 #916E99 #AC92B2 #C8B6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#916E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#916E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916E99

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916E99	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92737D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 110, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.076 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b198b7',
    500: '#916e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916e99;
$custom-light: #b198b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.837,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58817,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.19472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916E99

secondary

#ABBBA8

accent

#BA6E7C

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F5F2F6

border

#CFCCD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #916E99

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

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