#9E889E#9E889E

#9E889E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.041 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E889E
RGB	rgb(158, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 12.36, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 15.05, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.034 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.041 326)
XYZ	xyz(29.0755, 27.3465, 36.0878)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E889E #889E88

analogous

#93889E #9E889E #9E8893

triadic

#9E889E #9E9E88 #889E9E

tetradic

#9E889E #9E9388 #889E88 #88939E

square

#9E889E #9E9388 #889E88 #88939E

split-complementary

#9E889E #939E88 #889E93

monochromatic

#5F4D5F #806980 #9E889E #B9AAB9 #D5CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9E889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E889E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E889E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B909D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.041 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaaba',
    500: '#9e889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e889e;
$custom-light: #baaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.04103,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.27346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E889E

secondary

#BCC5BC

accent

#B37575

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E889E

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

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