#948CA8#948CA8

#948CA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.042 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948CA8
RGB	rgb(148, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(257, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 8.64, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 16.17, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0199 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.042 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6573, 27.8791, 40.9097)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948CA8 #A0A88C

analogous

#8C92A8 #948CA8 #A28CA8

triadic

#948CA8 #A8948C #8CA894

tetradic

#948CA8 #A88C92 #A0A88C #8CA8A2

square

#948CA8 #A88C92 #A0A88C #8CA8A2

split-complementary

#948CA8 #A8A28C #92A88C

monochromatic

#57506A #746A8D #948CA8 #B4AFC2 #D5D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#948CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#948CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948CA8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948CA8	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.042 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3adc1',
    500: '#948ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948ca8;
$custom-light: #b3adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65653,
    "c": 0.04201,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948CA8

secondary

#CACDC3

accent

#984D83

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #948CA8

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

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