#9E96AE#9E96AE

#9E96AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.036 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E96AE
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 7.67, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 13.78, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0183 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.036 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6454, 32.1378, 44.5196)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E96AE #A6AE96

analogous

#969AAE #9E96AE #AA96AE

triadic

#9E96AE #AE9E96 #96AE9E

tetradic

#9E96AE #AE969A #A6AE96 #96AEAA

square

#9E96AE #AE969A #A6AE96 #96AEAA

split-complementary

#9E96AE #AEAA96 #9AAE96

monochromatic

#605872 #7E7393 #9E96AE #BEB9C9 #DEDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#9E96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#9E96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E96AE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E96AE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.036 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab4c6',
    500: '#9e96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e96ae;
$custom-light: #bab4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.03586,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E96AE

secondary

#D1D4CC

accent

#974E7F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E96AE

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

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