#948AAA#948AAA

#948AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.048 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948AAA
RGB	rgb(148, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 10.22, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 18.57, 303.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0237 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.048 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5555, 27.3751, 41.8020)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#948AAA #A0AA8A

analogous

#8A90AA #948AAA #A48AAA

triadic

#948AAA #AA948A #8AAA94

tetradic

#948AAA #AA8A90 #A0AA8A #8AAAA4

square

#948AAA #AA8A90 #A0AA8A #8AAAA4

split-complementary

#948AAA #AAA48A #90AA8A

monochromatic

#574E6C #74688F #948AAA #B4ADC4 #D5D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#948AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#948AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948AAA

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948AAA	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.048 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3acc3',
    500: '#948aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948aaa;
$custom-light: #b3acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65319,
    "c": 0.04825,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948AAA

secondary

#CACEC2

accent

#9A4B81

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #948AAA

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

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