#9F8EA2#9F8EA2

#9F8EA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.035 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8EA2
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 10.09, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 13.01, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0273 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.035 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4917, 29.3259, 38.2296)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8EA2 #91A28E

analogous

#958EA2 #9F8EA2 #A28E9B

triadic

#9F8EA2 #A29F8E #8EA29F

tetradic

#9F8EA2 #A2958E #91A28E #8E9BA2

square

#9F8EA2 #A2958E #91A28E #8E9BA2

split-complementary

#9F8EA2 #9BA28E #8EA295

monochromatic

#615264 #826E85 #9F8EA2 #BCB0BE #D8D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9F8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#9F8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8EA2

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8EA2	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.035 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbafbd',
    500: '#9f8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8ea2;
$custom-light: #bbafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66822,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8EA2

secondary

#C3CAC2

accent

#B3757E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8EA2

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

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