#918BA9#918BA9

#918BA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.045 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#918BA9
RGB	rgb(145, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 8.41, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 17.19, 299.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0184 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.045 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0696, 27.3494, 41.3286)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#918BA9 #A3A98B

analogous

#8B94A9 #918BA9 #A08BA9

triadic

#918BA9 #A9918B #8BA991

tetradic

#918BA9 #A98B94 #A3A98B #8BA9A0

square

#918BA9 #A98B94 #A3A98B #8BA9A0

split-complementary

#918BA9 #A9A08B #94A98B

monochromatic

#554F6B #70698E #918BA9 #B2AEC3 #D4D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#918BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#918BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #918BA9

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##918BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##918BA9	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #918ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.045 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1acc2',
    500: '#918ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #918ba9;
$custom-light: #b1acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#918ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 14.851,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65227,
    "c": 0.04464,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#918BA9

secondary

#CBCEC2

accent

#994C8A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F5F4F7

border

#CFCED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #918BA9

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

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