#9490A3#9490A3

#9490A3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.028 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9490A3
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(253, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 5.29, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 10.84, 299.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.012 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.028 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7956, 28.8867, 38.7019)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9490A3 #9FA390

analogous

#9095A3 #9490A3 #9E90A3

triadic

#9490A3 #A39490 #90A394

tetradic

#9490A3 #A39095 #9FA390 #90A39E

square

#9490A3 #A39095 #9FA390 #90A39E

split-complementary

#9490A3 #A39E90 #95A390

monochromatic

#575465 #746F86 #9490A3 #B4B1BF #D5D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9490A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9490A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9490A3

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9490A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9490A3	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9490a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.028 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b0be',
    500: '#9490a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9490a3;
$custom-light: #b3b0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9490a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 9.36,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66302,
    "c": 0.02815,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9490A3

secondary

#CACBC4

accent

#935286

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9490A3

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

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