#9E97BA#9E97BA

#9E97BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.051 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E97BA
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(252, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 9.70, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 19.74, 299.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.021 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.051 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0282, 32.9473, 51.0116)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E97BA #B3BA97

analogous

#97A1BA #9E97BA #AF97BA

triadic

#9E97BA #BA9E97 #97BA9E

tetradic

#9E97BA #BA97A1 #B3BA97 #97BAAF

square

#9E97BA #BA97A1 #B3BA97 #97BAAF

split-complementary

#9E97BA #BAAF97 #A1BA97

monochromatic

#5E5681 #7C72A2 #9E97BA #C0BCD2 #E3E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9E97BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9E97BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E97BA

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E97BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E97BA	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e97ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.051 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb5ce',
    500: '#9e97ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e97ba;
$custom-light: #bbb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e97ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 20.231,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.05127,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E97BA

secondary

#DADCD1

accent

#9F478D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E97BA

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

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