#9F8EA3#9F8EA3

#9F8EA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.036 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8EA3
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(289, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 10.29, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 13.50, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0276 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.036 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5810, 29.3616, 38.6996)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8EA3 #92A38E

analogous

#958EA3 #9F8EA3 #A38E9D

triadic

#9F8EA3 #A39F8E #8EA39F

tetradic

#9F8EA3 #A3958E #92A38E #8E9DA3

square

#9F8EA3 #A3958E #92A38E #8E9DA3

split-complementary

#9F8EA3 #9DA38E #8EA395

monochromatic

#615265 #826D86 #9F8EA3 #BCB0BE #D8D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9F8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#9F8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8EA3

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8EA3	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)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.036 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbafbe',
    500: '#9f8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8ea3;
$custom-light: #bbafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66857,
    "c": 0.0362,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8EA3

secondary

#C4CAC2

accent

#B37581

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8EA3

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

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