#9C90AA#9C90AA

#9C90AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.040 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C90AA
RGB	rgb(156, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(268, 13%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 9.54, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 15.34, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0237 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.04 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9380, 29.9168, 42.1671)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C90AA #9EAA90

analogous

#9091AA #9C90AA #A990AA

triadic

#9C90AA #AA9C90 #90AA9C

tetradic

#9C90AA #AA9091 #9EAA90 #90AAA9

square

#9C90AA #AA9091 #9EAA90 #90AAA9

split-complementary

#9C90AA #AAA990 #91AA90

monochromatic

#5F536D #7D6E8F #9C90AA #BBB3C5 #DAD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9C90AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9C90AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C90AA

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C90AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C90AA	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c90aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.040 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b0c3',
    500: '#9c90aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c90aa;
$custom-light: #b9b0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c90aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 13.265,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.04012,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C90AA

secondary

#CBD0C6

accent

#974E76

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C90AA

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

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