#9986AA#9986AA

#9986AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.057 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986AA
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 21.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 14.22, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 21.68, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0355 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.057 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9164, 26.7250, 41.6575)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986AA #97AA86

analogous

#8786AA #9986AA #AA86A9

triadic

#9986AA #AA9986 #86AA99

tetradic

#9986AA #AA8786 #97AA86 #86A9AA

square

#9986AA #AA8786 #97AA86 #86A9AA

split-complementary

#9986AA #A9AA86 #86AA87

monochromatic

#5C4B6B #7B648F #9986AA #B7AAC3 #D6CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9986AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9986AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986AA

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986AA	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.057 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a9c3',
    500: '#9986aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986aa;
$custom-light: #b7a9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 17.476,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64959,
    "c": 0.05686,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986AA

secondary

#C6CDBF

accent

#BA6E92

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986AA

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

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