#9A8EA0#9A8EA0

#9A8EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.030 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8EA0
RGB	rgb(154, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(280, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 7.91, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 11.17, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0208 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.03 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3436, 28.7543, 37.2552)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8EA0 #94A08E

analogous

#918EA0 #9A8EA0 #A08E9D

triadic

#9A8EA0 #A09A8E #8EA09A

tetradic

#9A8EA0 #A0918E #94A08E #8E9DA0

square

#9A8EA0 #A0918E #94A08E #8E9DA0

split-complementary

#9A8EA0 #9DA08E #8EA091

monochromatic

#5C5262 #7C6E83 #9A8EA0 #B8AFBC #D5D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9A8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9A8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8EA0

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8EA0	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.030 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbc',
    500: '#9a8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8ea0;
$custom-light: #b7afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66303,
    "c": 0.02959,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8EA0

secondary

#C4C8C1

accent

#B2768A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8EA0

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

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