#96879E#96879E

#96879E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.038 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96879E
RGB	rgb(150, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, 10.08, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 14.30, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0263 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.038 314)
XYZ	xyz(27.4122, 26.2808, 35.9697)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96879E #8F9E87

analogous

#8A879E #96879E #9E879B

triadic

#96879E #9E9687 #879E96

tetradic

#96879E #9E8A87 #8F9E87 #879B9E

square

#96879E #9E8A87 #8F9E87 #879B9E

split-complementary

#96879E #9B9E87 #879E8A

monochromatic

#584C5E #786880 #96879E #B4A9B9 #D1CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#96879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#96879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #96879E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96879E	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.038 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aaba',
    500: '#96879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96879e;
$custom-light: #b5aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 10.599,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64438,
    "c": 0.03787,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.26281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96879E

secondary

#BFC5BC

accent

#B4748A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #96879E

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

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