#9E91BB#9E91BB

#9E91BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.063 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E91BB
RGB	rgb(158, 145, 187)
HSL	hsl(259, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 13.32, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 24.09, 303.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0302 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.063 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1937, 31.1077, 51.2597)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E91BB #AEBB91

analogous

#9199BB #9E91BB #B391BB

triadic

#9E91BB #BB9E91 #91BB9E

tetradic

#9E91BB #BB9199 #AEBB91 #91BBB3

square

#9E91BB #BB9199 #AEBB91 #91BBB3

split-complementary

#9E91BB #BBB391 #99BB91

monochromatic

#5F5082 #7D6BA4 #9E91BB #BFB7D2 #E1DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9E91BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9E91BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E91BB

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E91BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E91BB	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99979F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e91bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 145, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.063 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb1cf',
    500: '#9e91bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e91bb;
$custom-light: #bbb1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e91bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 23.596,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68266,
    "c": 0.06255,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E91BB

secondary

#D7DBCD

accent

#A24385

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F5F9

border

#D0CFD2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E91BB

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

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