#9E8CA6#9E8CA6

#9E8CA6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.043 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8CA6
RGB	rgb(158, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(282, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 11.68, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 16.20, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0307 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.043 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3605, 28.7787, 40.0244)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8CA6 #94A68C

analogous

#918CA6 #9E8CA6 #A68CA1

triadic

#9E8CA6 #A69E8C #8CA69E

tetradic

#9E8CA6 #A6918C #94A68C #8CA1A6

square

#9E8CA6 #A6918C #94A68C #8CA1A6

split-complementary

#9E8CA6 #A1A68C #8CA691

monochromatic

#605067 #806B8A #9E8CA6 #BBAFC1 #D8D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9E8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#9E8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8CA6

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8CA6	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.043 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadc0',
    500: '#9e8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ca6;
$custom-light: #baadc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66468,
    "c": 0.04303,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8CA6

secondary

#C5CCC2

accent

#B67287

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8CA6

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

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