#9E8EA0#9E8EA0

#9E8EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.032 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EA0
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 9.34, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 11.86, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0254 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.032 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1178, 29.1535, 37.2915)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EA0 #90A08E

analogous

#958EA0 #9E8EA0 #A08E99

triadic

#9E8EA0 #A09E8E #8EA09E

tetradic

#9E8EA0 #A0958E #90A08E #8E99A0

square

#9E8EA0 #A0958E #90A08E #8E99A0

split-complementary

#9E8EA0 #99A08E #8EA095

monochromatic

#605262 #816E83 #9E8EA0 #BBAFBC #D7D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9E8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EA0

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EA0	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.032 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbc',
    500: '#9e8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ea0;
$custom-light: #baafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66663,
    "c": 0.032,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EA0

secondary

#C2C8C1

accent

#B2767D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EA0

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

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