#948CA6#948CA6

#948CA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.039 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948CA6
RGB	rgb(148, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 8.21, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 15.06, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0192 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.039 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4724, 27.8052, 39.9359)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948CA6 #9EA68C

analogous

#8C91A6 #948CA6 #A18CA6

triadic

#948CA6 #A6948C #8CA694

tetradic

#948CA6 #A68C91 #9EA68C #8CA6A1

square

#948CA6 #A68C91 #9EA68C #8CA6A1

split-complementary

#948CA6 #A6A18C #91A68C

monochromatic

#575067 #746B8A #948CA6 #B4AFC1 #D4D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#948CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#948CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948CA6

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948CA6	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.039 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3adc0',
    500: '#948ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948ca6;
$custom-light: #b3adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65579,
    "c": 0.03915,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948CA6

secondary

#C9CCC2

accent

#B672A1

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #948CA6

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

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