#9E8EA4#9E8EA4

#9E8EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.037 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EA4
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(284, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 10.14, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 13.83, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0269 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.037 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4734, 29.2957, 39.1640)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EA4 #94A48E

analogous

#938EA4 #9E8EA4 #A48E9F

triadic

#9E8EA4 #A49E8E #8EA49E

tetradic

#9E8EA4 #A4938E #94A48E #8E9FA4

square

#9E8EA4 #A4938E #94A48E #8E9FA4

split-complementary

#9E8EA4 #9FA48E #8EA493

monochromatic

#605266 #806D88 #9E8EA4 #BBB0BF #D8D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9E8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9E8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EA4

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EA4	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.037 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafbf',
    500: '#9e8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ea4;
$custom-light: #baafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66801,
    "c": 0.03682,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EA4

secondary

#C5CBC3

accent

#B47485

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EA4

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

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