#9490A4#9490A4

#9490A4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.030 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9490A4
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(252, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 5.50, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 11.40, 298.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0124 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.03 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8855, 28.9227, 39.1756)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9490A4 #A0A490

analogous

#9096A4 #9490A4 #9E90A4

triadic

#9490A4 #A49490 #90A494

tetradic

#9490A4 #A49096 #A0A490 #90A49E

square

#9490A4 #A49096 #A0A490 #90A49E

split-complementary

#9490A4 #A49E90 #96A490

monochromatic

#575466 #746F88 #9490A4 #B4B2C0 #D5D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9490A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9490A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9490A4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9490A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9490A4	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)

#8C93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9490a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.030 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b0bf',
    500: '#9490a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9490a4;
$custom-light: #b3b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9490a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 9.901,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66337,
    "c": 0.02961,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9490A4

secondary

#CACCC4

accent

#945287

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9490A4

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

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