#918BA6#918BA6

#918BA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.040 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#918BA6
RGB	rgb(145, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(253, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(253, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 7.75, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 15.51, 299.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0173 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.04 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7912, 27.2380, 39.8623)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#918BA6 #A0A68B

analogous

#8B93A6 #918BA6 #9F8BA6

triadic

#918BA6 #A6918B #8BA691

tetradic

#918BA6 #A68B93 #A0A68B #8BA69F

square

#918BA6 #A68B93 #A0A68B #8BA69F

split-complementary

#918BA6 #A69F8B #93A68B

monochromatic

#554F67 #716A8A #918BA6 #B2AEC1 #D3D0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#918BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#918BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #918BA6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##918BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##918BA6	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #918ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.040 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1acc0',
    500: '#918ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #918ba6;
$custom-light: #b1acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#918ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 13.171,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65114,
    "c": 0.04027,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#918BA6

secondary

#C9CCC1

accent

#B672A7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F5F4F7

border

#CFCED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #918BA6

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

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