#9490A2#9490A2

#9490A2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.027 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9490A2
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 162)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(253, 11%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 5.08, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 10.28, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0116 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.027 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7063, 28.8510, 38.2319)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9490A2 #9EA290

analogous

#9095A2 #9490A2 #9D90A2

triadic

#9490A2 #A29490 #90A294

tetradic

#9490A2 #A29095 #9EA290 #90A29D

square

#9490A2 #A29095 #9EA290 #90A29D

split-complementary

#9490A2 #A29D90 #95A290

monochromatic

#575464 #747085 #9490A2 #B4B1BE #D4D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9490A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9490A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9490A2

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9490A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9490A2	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9490a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.027 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b0bd',
    500: '#9490a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9490a2;
$custom-light: #b3b0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9490a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 8.824,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66267,
    "c": 0.02671,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9490A2

secondary

#C9CAC3

accent

#B276A5

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9490A2

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

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