#9990B1#9990B1

#9990B1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.049 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9990B1
RGB	rgb(153, 144, 177)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 10.02, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 18.91, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0227 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.049 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0443, 29.8930, 45.7209)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9990B1 #A8B190

analogous

#9097B1 #9990B1 #A990B1

triadic

#9990B1 #B19990 #90B199

tetradic

#9990B1 #B19097 #A8B190 #90B1A9

square

#9990B1 #B19097 #A8B190 #90B1A9

split-complementary

#9990B1 #B1A990 #97B190

monochromatic

#5B5275 #786C98 #9990B1 #BAB4CA #DBD8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9990B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9990B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9990B1

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9990B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9990B1	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95959B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9990b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 144, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.049 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b0c8',
    500: '#9990b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9990b1;
$custom-light: #b7b0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9990b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9990B1

secondary

#D1D4C8

accent

#9C4A85

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9990B1

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

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