#9E8EA3#9E8EA3

#9E8EA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.036 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EA3
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(286, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 9.94, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 13.33, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0265 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.036 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3834, 29.2597, 38.6903)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EA3 #93A38E

analogous

#948EA3 #9E8EA3 #A38E9E

triadic

#9E8EA3 #A39E8E #8EA39E

tetradic

#9E8EA3 #A3948E #93A38E #8E9EA3

square

#9E8EA3 #A3948E #93A38E #8E9EA3

split-complementary

#9E8EA3 #9EA38E #8EA394

monochromatic

#605265 #806D86 #9E8EA3 #BBB0BE #D8D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9E8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9E8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EA3

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EA3	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.036 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbe',
    500: '#9e8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ea3;
$custom-light: #baafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66766,
    "c": 0.03559,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EA3

secondary

#C4CAC2

accent

#B37584

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EA3

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

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