#948CA4#948CA4

#948CA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.036 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948CA4
RGB	rgb(148, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 7.78, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 13.95, 303.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0185 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.036 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2904, 27.7324, 38.9772)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948CA4 #9CA48C

analogous

#8C90A4 #948CA4 #A08CA4

triadic

#948CA4 #A4948C #8CA494

tetradic

#948CA4 #A48C90 #9CA48C #8CA4A0

square

#948CA4 #A48C90 #9CA48C #8CA4A0

split-complementary

#948CA4 #A4A08C #90A48C

monochromatic

#575065 #756B88 #948CA4 #B4AEBF #D4D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#948CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#948CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948CA4

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948CA4	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.036 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3adbf',
    500: '#948ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948ca4;
$custom-light: #b3adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65505,
    "c": 0.03631,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948CA4

secondary

#C7CBC1

accent

#B5739F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #948CA4

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

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