#9A8EA8#9A8EA8

#9A8EA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.040 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8EA8
RGB	rgb(154, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(268, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 9.56, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 15.38, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0237 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.04 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0660, 29.0433, 41.0602)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8EA8 #9CA88E

analogous

#8E8FA8 #9A8EA8 #A78EA8

triadic

#9A8EA8 #A89A8E #8EA89A

tetradic

#9A8EA8 #A88E8F #9CA88E #8EA8A7

square

#9A8EA8 #A88E8F #9CA88E #8EA8A7

split-complementary

#9A8EA8 #A8A78E #8FA88E

monochromatic

#5D526A #7B6C8D #9A8EA8 #B9B1C3 #D8D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9A8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9A8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8EA8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8EA8	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.040 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc1',
    500: '#9a8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8ea8;
$custom-light: #b7afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.04022,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8EA8

secondary

#C9CEC4

accent

#974E76

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8EA8

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

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