#9E8EAA#9E8EAA

#9E8EAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.045 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EAA
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(274, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 11.36, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 16.91, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.029 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.045 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0280, 29.5176, 42.0853)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EAA #9AAA8E

analogous

#908EAA #9E8EAA #AA8EA8

triadic

#9E8EAA #AA9E8E #8EAA9E

tetradic

#9E8EAA #AA908E #9AAA8E #8EA8AA

square

#9E8EAA #AA908E #9AAA8E #8EA8AA

split-complementary

#9E8EAA #A8AA8E #8EAA90

monochromatic

#61516C #806C8F #9E8EAA #BCB1C4 #DAD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9E8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#9E8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EAA

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EAA	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.045 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafc3',
    500: '#9e8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8eaa;
$custom-light: #baafc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67016,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EAA

secondary

#C9CFC5

accent

#984D6D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EAA

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

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