#9A8CA2#9A8CA2

#9A8CA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.036 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8CA2
RGB	rgb(154, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(278, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 9.46, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 13.55, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0246 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.036 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2250, 28.2350, 38.0857)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8CA2 #94A28C

analogous

#8F8CA2 #9A8CA2 #A28C9F

triadic

#9A8CA2 #A29A8C #8CA29A

tetradic

#9A8CA2 #A28F8C #94A28C #8C9FA2

square

#9A8CA2 #A28F8C #94A28C #8C9FA2

split-complementary

#9A8CA2 #9FA28C #8CA28F

monochromatic

#5C5063 #7C6C85 #9A8CA2 #B8AEBD #D5D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9A8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#9A8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8CA2

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8CA2	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.036 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adbd',
    500: '#9a8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8ca2;
$custom-light: #b7adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65963,
    "c": 0.03584,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8CA2

secondary

#C4C9C1

accent

#B4748B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8CA2

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

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