#9E8EAE#9E8EAE

#9E8EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.050 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8EAE
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 12.20, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 19.02, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0304 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.05 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4122, 29.6712, 44.1085)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8EAE #9EAE8E

analogous

#8E8EAE #9E8EAE #AE8EAE

triadic

#9E8EAE #AE9E8E #8EAE9E

tetradic

#9E8EAE #AE8E8E #9EAE8E #8EAEAE

square

#9E8EAE #AE8E8E #9EAE8E #8EAEAE

split-complementary

#9E8EAE #AEAE8E #8EAE8E

monochromatic

#615171 #7F6A94 #9E8EAE #BDB2C8 #DBD5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9E8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9E8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8EAE

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8EAE	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.050 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baafc6',
    500: '#9e8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8eae;
$custom-light: #baafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67164,
    "c": 0.04982,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8EAE

secondary

#CCD2C6

accent

#9B4B73

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8EAE

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

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