#9D8EA3#9D8EA3

#9D8EA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.035 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8EA3
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(283, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 9.58, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 13.16, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0253 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.035 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1875, 29.1587, 38.6811)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8EA3 #94A38E

analogous

#938EA3 #9D8EA3 #A38E9F

triadic

#9D8EA3 #A39D8E #8EA39D

tetradic

#9D8EA3 #A3938E #94A38E #8E9FA3

square

#9D8EA3 #A3938E #94A38E #8E9FA3

split-complementary

#9D8EA3 #9FA38E #8EA393

monochromatic

#5F5265 #7F6D86 #9D8EA3 #BAB0BE #D8D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9D8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9D8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8EA3

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8EA3	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F93A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.035 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbe',
    500: '#9d8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ea3;
$custom-light: #baafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66676,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8EA3

secondary

#C5CAC2

accent

#B37586

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8EA3

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

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