#9990B2#9990B2

#9990B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.051 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9990B2
RGBrgb(153, 144, 178)
HSLhsl(256, 18%, 63%)
HSVhsv(256, 19%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 19.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.60, 10.24, -16.55)
CIE-LCHlch(61.60, 19.46, 301.74°)
OKLaboklab(67.28% 0.0231 -0.045)
OKLCHoklch(67.28% 0.051 297.2)
XYZxyz(31.1444, 29.9331, 46.2477)
Luminance0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9990B2 #A9B290
analogous
#9098B2 #9990B2 #AA90B2
triadic
#9990B2 #B29990 #90B299
tetradic
#9990B2 #B29098 #A9B290 #90B2AA
square
#9990B2 #B29098 #A9B290 #90B2AA
split-complementary
#9990B2 #B2AA90 #98B290
monochromatic
#5B5276 #786C99 #9990B2 #BAB4CB #DBD8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01
#9990B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#9990B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9990B2
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9990B2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9990B21.003.016.996.99
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8995B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A94B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#95959B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9990b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 144, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.051 297.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b0c9',
    500: '#9990b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9990b2;
$custom-light: #b7b0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9990b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 18.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67281,
    "c": 0.05055,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9990B2
secondary
#D2D5C9
accent
#9C4986
background
#FBFAFC
surface
#F6F4F8
border
#D0CED1
text
#111013
muted
#807F82

Preview Lab

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#9990B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva