#948EA4#948EA4

#948EA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.033 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948EA4
RGB	rgb(148, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(256, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 6.64, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 12.66, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0154 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.033 298)
XYZ	xyz(28.5853, 28.3222, 39.0755)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948EA4 #9EA48E

analogous

#8E93A4 #948EA4 #9F8EA4

triadic

#948EA4 #A4948E #8EA494

tetradic

#948EA4 #A48E93 #9EA48E #8EA49F

square

#948EA4 #A48E93 #9EA48E #8EA49F

split-complementary

#948EA4 #A49F8E #93A48E

monochromatic

#575266 #746D88 #948EA4 #B4B0BF #D4D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#948EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#948EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948EA4

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948EA4	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.033 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3afbf',
    500: '#948ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948ea4;
$custom-light: #b3afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6592,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.28322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948EA4

secondary

#C9CBC3

accent

#B474A2

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #948EA4

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

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