#9E98B2#9E98B2

#9E98B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.038 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E98B2
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, 7.39, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 14.71, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0167 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.038 296)
XYZ	xyz(33.3631, 32.9398, 46.7112)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E98B2 #ACB298

analogous

#989FB2 #9E98B2 #AB98B2

triadic

#9E98B2 #B29E98 #98B29E

tetradic

#9E98B2 #B2989F #ACB298 #98B2AB

square

#9E98B2 #B2989F #ACB298 #98B2AB

split-complementary

#9E98B2 #B2AB98 #9FB298

monochromatic

#605977 #7D7598 #9E98B2 #BFBBCC #E0DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9E98B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9E98B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E98B2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E98B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E98B2	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)

#939CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e98b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.038 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab6c9',
    500: '#9e98b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e98b2;
$custom-light: #bab6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e98b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69339,
    "c": 0.03821,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.3294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E98B2

secondary

#D5D7CE

accent

#994D87

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E98B2

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

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