#9E8EA6#9E8EA6

#9E8EA6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.039 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EA6
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 10.54, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 14.84, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0276 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.039 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6554, 29.3685, 40.1227)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EA6 #96A68E

analogous

#928EA6 #9E8EA6 #A68EA2

triadic

#9E8EA6 #A69E8E #8EA69E

tetradic

#9E8EA6 #A6928E #96A68E #8EA2A6

square

#9E8EA6 #A6928E #96A68E #8EA2A6

split-complementary

#9E8EA6 #A2A68E #8EA692

monochromatic

#605268 #806D8A #9E8EA6 #BBB0C1 #D9D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9E8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#9E8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EA6

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EA6	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.039 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafc0',
    500: '#9e8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8ea6;
$custom-light: #baafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66872,
    "c": 0.03934,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EA6

secondary

#C6CCC3

accent

#965067

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EA6

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

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