#9A8EAE#9A8EAE

#9A8EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.049 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9A8EAE
RGBrgb(154, 142, 174)
HSLhsl(263, 16%, 62%)
HSVhsv(263, 18%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(11.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.02, 10.84, -15.15)
CIE-LCHlch(61.02, 18.63, 305.59°)
OKLaboklab(66.81% 0.0258 -0.0411)
OKLCHoklch(66.81% 0.049 302.2)
XYZxyz(30.6379, 29.2720, 44.0722)
Luminance0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9A8EAE #A2AE8E
analogous
#8E92AE #9A8EAE #AA8EAE
triadic
#9A8EAE #AE9A8E #8EAE9A
tetradic
#9A8EAE #AE8E92 #A2AE8E #8EAEAA
square
#9A8EAE #AE8E92 #A2AE8E #8EAEAA
split-complementary
#9A8EAE #AEAA8E #92AE8E
monochromatic
#5D5171 #7A6A94 #9A8EAE #BAB2C8 #DAD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06
#9A8EAE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85
#9A8EAE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8EAE
6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9A8EAE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9A8EAE1.003.066.856.85
#FFFFFF3.061.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8521.001.001.00
##0000006.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8893AF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A93AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#979299
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9a8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.049 302.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8afc6',
    500: '#9a8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9a8eae;
$custom-light: #b8afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9a8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66809,
    "c": 0.04851,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9A8EAE
secondary
#CDD2C6
accent
#9B4B7D
background
#FBFAFC
surface
#F6F4F8
border
#D0CED1
text
#111013
muted
#807F82

Preview Lab

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#9A8EAE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva