#9E90AA#9E90AA

#9E90AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.041 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E90AA
RGB	rgb(158, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 13%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 10.23, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 15.57, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.026 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.041 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3283, 30.1181, 42.1854)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E90AA #9CAA90

analogous

#9190AA #9E90AA #AA90A9

triadic

#9E90AA #AA9E90 #90AA9E

tetradic

#9E90AA #AA9190 #9CAA90 #90A9AA

square

#9E90AA #AA9190 #9CAA90 #90A9AA

split-complementary

#9E90AA #A9AA90 #90AA91

monochromatic

#61536D #806E8F #9E90AA #BCB3C5 #DBD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E90AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9E90AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E90AA

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E90AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E90AA	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e90aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.041 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab0c3',
    500: '#9e90aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e90aa;
$custom-light: #bab0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e90aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 13.265,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6742,
    "c": 0.0409,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E90AA

secondary

#CBD0C6

accent

#974E70

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E90AA

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

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