#9490A6#9490A6

#9490A6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.033 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9490A6
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 166)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(251, 13%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 5.93, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 12.52, 298.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0131 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.033 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0676, 28.9955, 40.1343)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9490A6 #A2A690

analogous

#9097A6 #9490A6 #9F90A6

triadic

#9490A6 #A69490 #90A694

tetradic

#9490A6 #A69097 #A2A690 #90A69F

square

#9490A6 #A69097 #A2A690 #90A69F

split-complementary

#9490A6 #A69F90 #97A690

monochromatic

#575368 #746F8A #9490A6 #B5B2C1 #D5D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9490A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9490A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9490A6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9490A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9490A6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9490a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.033 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b0c0',
    500: '#9490a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9490a6;
$custom-light: #b3b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9490a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66409,
    "c": 0.03251,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9490A6

secondary

#CCCDC5

accent

#955089

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9490A6

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

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