#9D8EA5#9D8EA5

#9D8EA5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.038 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8EA5
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(279, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 9.99, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 14.18, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0261 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.038 314)
XYZ	xyz(30.3681, 29.2309, 39.6323)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8EA5 #96A58E

analogous

#918EA5 #9D8EA5 #A58EA1

triadic

#9D8EA5 #A59D8E #8EA59D

tetradic

#9D8EA5 #A5918E #96A58E #8EA1A5

square

#9D8EA5 #A5918E #96A58E #8EA1A5

split-complementary

#9D8EA5 #A1A58E #8EA591

monochromatic

#5F5267 #7F6D89 #9D8EA5 #BBB0C0 #D8D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9D8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9D8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8EA5

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8EA5	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.038 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbf',
    500: '#9d8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8ea5;
$custom-light: #baafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66746,
    "c": 0.03755,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8EA5

secondary

#C6CCC3

accent

#955068

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8EA5

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

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