#9E8EA2#9E8EA2

#9E8EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.034 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EA2
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(288, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 9.74, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 12.83, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0261 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.034 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2942, 29.2240, 38.2203)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EA2 #92A28E

analogous

#948EA2 #9E8EA2 #A28E9C

triadic

#9E8EA2 #A29E8E #8EA29E

tetradic

#9E8EA2 #A2948E #92A28E #8E9CA2

square

#9E8EA2 #A2948E #92A28E #8E9CA2

split-complementary

#9E8EA2 #9CA28E #8EA294

monochromatic

#605264 #806E85 #9E8EA2 #BBB0BE #D8D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9E8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EA2

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EA2	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.034 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbd',
    500: '#9e8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ea2;
$custom-light: #baafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66731,
    "c": 0.03437,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EA2

secondary

#C4CAC2

accent

#B37581

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EA2

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

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