#9D8EA4#9D8EA4

#9D8EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.036 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8EA4
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(281, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 9.78, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 13.67, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0257 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.036 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2774, 29.1947, 39.1549)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8EA4 #95A48E

analogous

#928EA4 #9D8EA4 #A48EA0

triadic

#9D8EA4 #A49D8E #8EA49D

tetradic

#9D8EA4 #A4928E #95A48E #8EA0A4

square

#9D8EA4 #A4928E #95A48E #8EA0A4

split-complementary

#9D8EA4 #A0A48E #8EA492

monochromatic

#5F5266 #7F6D88 #9D8EA4 #BAB0BF #D8D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9D8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9D8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8EA4

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8EA4	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.036 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbf',
    500: '#9d8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ea4;
$custom-light: #baafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66711,
    "c": 0.03627,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8EA4

secondary

#C5CBC3

accent

#B47488

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8EA4

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

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