#9E96AA#9E96AA

#9E96AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.030 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E96AA
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 6.84, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 11.61, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0168 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.03 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2613, 31.9841, 42.4964)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E96AA #A2AA96

analogous

#9698AA #9E96AA #A896AA

triadic

#9E96AA #AA9E96 #96AA9E

tetradic

#9E96AA #AA9698 #A2AA96 #96AAA8

square

#9E96AA #AA9698 #A2AA96 #96AAA8

split-complementary

#9E96AA #AAA896 #98AA96

monochromatic

#61586D #7F748F #9E96AA #BDB8C5 #DCDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9E96AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#9E96AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E96AA

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E96AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E96AA	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e96aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.030 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab4c3',
    500: '#9e96aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e96aa;
$custom-light: #bab4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e96aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68645,
    "c": 0.03029,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E96AA

secondary

#CFD2CA

accent

#95517A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E96AA

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

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