#9E8CA8#9E8CA8

#9E8CA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.046 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8CA8
RGB	rgb(158, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(279, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 12.09, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 17.22, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0314 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.046 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5454, 28.8527, 40.9982)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8CA8 #96A88C

analogous

#908CA8 #9E8CA8 #A88CA4

triadic

#9E8CA8 #A89E8C #8CA89E

tetradic

#9E8CA8 #A8908C #96A88C #8CA4A8

square

#9E8CA8 #A8908C #96A88C #8CA4A8

split-complementary

#9E8CA8 #A4A88C #8CA890

monochromatic

#60506A #806A8D #9E8CA8 #BBAFC2 #D9D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9E8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8CA8

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8CA8	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.046 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadc1',
    500: '#9e8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ca8;
$custom-light: #baadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66541,
    "c": 0.04557,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8CA8

secondary

#C6CDC3

accent

#984D68

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8CA8

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

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