#9E889C#9E889C

#9E889C is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.039 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E889C
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(305, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(305, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 11.97, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 14.14, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0333 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.039 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9047, 27.2782, 35.1886)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E889C #889E8A

analogous

#95889E #9E889C #9E8891

triadic

#9E889C #9C9E88 #889C9E

tetradic

#9E889C #9E9588 #889E8A #88919E

square

#9E889C #9E9588 #889E8A #88919E

split-complementary

#9E889C #919E88 #889E95

monochromatic

#5F4D5D #80697E #9E889C #B9AAB8 #D5CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#9E889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E889C

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E889C	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.039 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaab9',
    500: '#9e889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e889c;
$custom-light: #baaab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65312,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E889C

secondary

#BCC5BD

accent

#B37A75

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E889C

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

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