#96869E#96869E

#96869E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.040 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96869E
RGB	rgb(150, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(280, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 10.65, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 14.99, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0279 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.04 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2733, 26.0031, 35.9234)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96869E #8E9E86

analogous

#8A869E #96869E #9E869A

triadic

#96869E #9E9686 #869E96

tetradic

#96869E #9E8A86 #8E9E86 #869A9E

square

#96869E #9E8A86 #8E9E86 #869A9E

split-complementary

#96869E #9A9E86 #869E8A

monochromatic

#584B5E #786780 #96869E #B3A8B9 #D1CAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#96869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#96869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #96869E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96869E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.040 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a9ba',
    500: '#96869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96869e;
$custom-light: #b5a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64234,
    "c": 0.03973,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96869E

secondary

#BEC5BB

accent

#B47489

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #96869E

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

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