#9E8AA2#9E8AA2

#9E8AA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.042 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8AA2
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(290, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 12.01, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 15.57, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0324 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.042 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7097, 28.0551, 38.0255)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8AA2 #8EA28A

analogous

#928AA2 #9E8AA2 #A28A9A

triadic

#9E8AA2 #A29E8A #8AA29E

tetradic

#9E8AA2 #A2928A #8EA28A #8A9AA2

square

#9E8AA2 #A2928A #8EA28A #8A9AA2

split-complementary

#9E8AA2 #9AA28A #8AA292

monochromatic

#604F63 #806A85 #9E8AA2 #BAACBD #D7CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9E8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9E8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8AA2

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8AA2	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.042 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacbd',
    500: '#9e8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8aa2;
$custom-light: #baacbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65923,
    "c": 0.04186,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8AA2

secondary

#C1C9BF

accent

#B4737E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8AA2

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

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