#9E95BF#9E95BF

#9E95BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.062 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E95BF
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 22%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 11.95, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 23.75, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0256 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.062 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2499, 32.5253, 53.7537)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E95BF #B6BF95

analogous

#95A1BF #9E95BF #B395BF

triadic

#9E95BF #BF9E95 #95BF9E

tetradic

#9E95BF #BF95A1 #B6BF95 #95BFB3

square

#9E95BF #BF95A1 #B6BF95 #95BFB3

split-complementary

#9E95BF #BFB395 #A1BF95

monochromatic

#5D5288 #7B6FA8 #9E95BF #C1BBD6 #E4E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9E95BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#9E95BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E95BF

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E95BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E95BF	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e95bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.062 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb4d2',
    500: '#9e95bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e95bf;
$custom-light: #bbb4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e95bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 24.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69225,
    "c": 0.06164,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E95BF

secondary

#DCDFD1

accent

#A3428E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E95BF

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

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