#9E8AAA#9E8AAA

#9E8AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.052 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8AAA
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(278, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 13.64, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 19.60, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0352 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.052 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4435, 28.3486, 41.8905)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8AAA #96AA8A

analogous

#8E8AAA #9E8AAA #AA8AA6

triadic

#9E8AAA #AA9E8A #8AAA9E

tetradic

#9E8AAA #AA8E8A #96AA8A #8AA6AA

square

#9E8AAA #AA8E8A #96AA8A #8AA6AA

split-complementary

#9E8AAA #A6AA8A #8AAA8E

monochromatic

#604E6C #80688F #9E8AAA #BBADC4 #D9D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9E8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#9E8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8AAA

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8AAA	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8690AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.052 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baacc3',
    500: '#9e8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8aaa;
$custom-light: #baacc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.0518,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8AAA

secondary

#C6CEC2

accent

#9A4B69

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8AAA

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

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