#96839B#96839B

#96839B is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.042 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96839B
RGB	rgb(150, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(288, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 11.76, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 15.53, 319.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0315 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.042 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6095, 25.0835, 34.4438)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96839B #889B83

analogous

#8A839B #96839B #9B8394

triadic

#96839B #9B9683 #839B96

tetradic

#96839B #9B8A83 #889B83 #83949B

square

#96839B #9B8A83 #889B83 #83949B

split-complementary

#96839B #949B83 #839B8A

monochromatic

#57495B #77647C #96839B #B3A5B6 #CFC7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#96839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#96839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #96839B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96839B	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.042 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a7b8',
    500: '#96839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96839b;
$custom-light: #b5a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.0416,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96839B

secondary

#BAC2B8

accent

#B47481

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #96839B

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

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