#9D8EA2#9D8EA2

#9D8EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.034 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8EA2
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(285, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 9.38, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 12.66, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.025 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.034 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0982, 29.1230, 38.2111)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8EA2 #93A28E

analogous

#938EA2 #9D8EA2 #A28E9D

triadic

#9D8EA2 #A29D8E #8EA29D

tetradic

#9D8EA2 #A2938E #93A28E #8E9DA2

square

#9D8EA2 #A2938E #93A28E #8E9DA2

split-complementary

#9D8EA2 #9DA28E #8EA293

monochromatic

#5F5264 #7F6E85 #9D8EA2 #BAB0BE #D7D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9D8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9D8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8EA2

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8EA2	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.034 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbd',
    500: '#9d8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ea2;
$custom-light: #baafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66641,
    "c": 0.03377,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8EA2

secondary

#C4CAC2

accent

#B37585

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8EA2

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

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