#9E809E#9E809E

#9E809E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.056 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E809E
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 16.93, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 20.56, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0467 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.056 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9906, 25.1767, 35.7262)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E809E #809E80

analogous

#8F809E #9E809E #9E808F

triadic

#9E809E #9E9E80 #809E9E

tetradic

#9E809E #9E8F80 #809E80 #808F9E

square

#9E809E #9E8F80 #809E80 #808F9E

split-complementary

#9E809E #8F9E80 #809E8F

monochromatic

#5D475D #7F617F #9E809E #B9A3B9 #D3C5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9E809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9E809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E809E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E809E	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.056 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba5ba',
    500: '#9e809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e809e;
$custom-light: #bba5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63799,
    "c": 0.05619,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E809E

secondary

#B7C3B7

accent

#B67272

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E809E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →