#9E98AA#9E98AA

#9E98AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.027 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E98AA
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 5.72, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 10.32, 303.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0138 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.027 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5832, 32.6278, 42.6037)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E98AA #A4AA98

analogous

#989BAA #9E98AA #A798AA

triadic

#9E98AA #AA9E98 #98AA9E

tetradic

#9E98AA #AA989B #A4AA98 #98AAA7

square

#9E98AA #AA989B #A4AA98 #98AAA7

split-complementary

#9E98AA #AAA798 #9BAA98

monochromatic

#615A6D #7E768E #9E98AA #BEBAC6 #DDDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9E98AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#9E98AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E98AA

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E98AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E98AA	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e98aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.027 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab6c3',
    500: '#9e98aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e98aa;
$custom-light: #bab6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e98aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69057,
    "c": 0.02686,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E98AA

secondary

#D0D2CC

accent

#94527E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E98AA

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

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