#948CA0#948CA0

#948CA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.031 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948CA0
RGB	rgb(148, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(264, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 6.93, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 11.76, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.017 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.031 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9348, 27.5902, 37.1047)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948CA0 #98A08C

analogous

#8C8EA0 #948CA0 #9E8CA0

triadic

#948CA0 #A0948C #8CA094

tetradic

#948CA0 #A08C8E #98A08C #8CA09E

square

#948CA0 #A08C8E #98A08C #8CA09E

split-complementary

#948CA0 #A09E8C #8EA08C

monochromatic

#575061 #756C83 #948CA0 #B3AEBC #D2CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#948CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#948CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948CA0

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948CA0	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.031 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3adbc',
    500: '#948ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948ca0;
$custom-light: #b3adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.03066,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948CA0

secondary

#C5C8C0

accent

#B3759A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #948CA0

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

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