#917EB9#917EB9

#917EB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.089 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#917EB9
RGB	rgb(145, 126, 185)
HSL	hsl(259, 30%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 19.64, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 34.49, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0427 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.089 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8929, 24.4441, 49.1382)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#917EB9 #A6B97E

analogous

#7E88B9 #917EB9 #AE7EB9

triadic

#917EB9 #B9917E #7EB991

tetradic

#917EB9 #B97E88 #A6B97E #7EB9AE

square

#917EB9 #B97E88 #A6B97E #7EB9AE

split-complementary

#917EB9 #B9AE7E #88B97E

monochromatic

#54427A #7058A2 #917EB9 #B3A6CF #D5CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#917EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#917EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #917EB9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##917EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##917EB9	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #917eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 126, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.089 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a3ce',
    500: '#917eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #917eb9;
$custom-light: #b2a3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#917eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 29.648,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63291,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#917EB9

secondary

#CDD5BE

accent

#A83D86

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F9

border

#D0CDD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #917EB9

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

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