#96849E#96849E

#96849E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.043 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96849E
RGB	rgb(150, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(282, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 11.80, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 16.36, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.031 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.043 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9995, 25.4554, 35.8322)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96849E #8C9E84

analogous

#89849E #96849E #9E8499

triadic

#96849E #9E9684 #849E96

tetradic

#96849E #9E8984 #8C9E84 #84999E

square

#96849E #9E8984 #8C9E84 #84999E

split-complementary

#96849E #999E84 #849E89

monochromatic

#584A5E #786580 #96849E #B3A6B9 #D0C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#96849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#96849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #96849E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96849E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96878D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.043 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a7ba',
    500: '#96849e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96849e;
$custom-light: #b5a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 11.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.04345,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96849E

secondary

#BDC4BA

accent

#B57387

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #96849E

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

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