#9E98AE#9E98AE

#9E98AE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.033 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E98AE
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 6.55, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 12.51, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0153 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.033 298)
XYZ	xyz(32.9673, 32.7815, 44.6268)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E98AE #A8AE98

analogous

#989DAE #9E98AE #A998AE

triadic

#9E98AE #AE9E98 #98AE9E

tetradic

#9E98AE #AE989D #A8AE98 #98AEA9

square

#9E98AE #AE989D #A8AE98 #98AEA9

split-complementary

#9E98AE #AEA998 #9DAE98

monochromatic

#605A72 #7E7693 #9E98AE #BEBAC9 #DFDDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9E98AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#9E98AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E98AE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E98AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E98AE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e98ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.033 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab6c6',
    500: '#9e98ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e98ae;
$custom-light: #bab6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e98ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69197,
    "c": 0.03251,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.32782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E98AE

secondary

#D3D5CD

accent

#964F83

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E98AE

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

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