#9A8EA6#9A8EA6

#9A8EA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.037 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8EA6
RGB	rgb(154, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 9.14, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 14.31, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.023 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.038 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8812, 28.9693, 40.0864)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8EA6 #9AA68E

analogous

#8E8EA6 #9A8EA6 #A68EA6

triadic

#9A8EA6 #A69A8E #8EA69A

tetradic

#9A8EA6 #A68E8E #9AA68E #8EA6A6

square

#9A8EA6 #A68E8E #9AA68E #8EA6A6

split-complementary

#9A8EA6 #A6A68E #8EA68E

monochromatic

#5D5268 #7B6D8A #9A8EA6 #B9B0C1 #D7D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9A8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#9A8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8EA6

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8EA6	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.037 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc0',
    500: '#9a8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8ea6;
$custom-light: #b7afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66514,
    "c": 0.0375,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8EA6

secondary

#C8CCC3

accent

#965073

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8EA6

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

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