#9490A8#9490A8

#9490A8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.035 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9490A8
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 168)
HSL	hsl(250, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(250, 14%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 6.36, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 13.64, 297.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0139 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.035 293)
XYZ	xyz(29.2524, 29.0694, 41.1080)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9490A8 #A4A890

analogous

#9098A8 #9490A8 #A090A8

triadic

#9490A8 #A89490 #90A894

tetradic

#9490A8 #A89098 #A4A890 #90A8A0

square

#9490A8 #A89098 #A4A890 #90A8A0

split-complementary

#9490A8 #A8A090 #98A890

monochromatic

#57536A #736E8D #9490A8 #B5B2C3 #D6D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9490A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9490A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9490A8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9490A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9490A8	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#909498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9490a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.035 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b0c1',
    500: '#9490a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9490a8;
$custom-light: #b3b0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9490a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 12.121,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.03543,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.2907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9490A8

secondary

#CDCEC5

accent

#964F8A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9490A8

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

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