#9F8EA4#9F8EA4

#9F8EA4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.037 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8EA4
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(286, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 10.49, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 13.99, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.028 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.037 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6709, 29.3976, 39.1733)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8EA4 #93A48E

analogous

#948EA4 #9F8EA4 #A48E9E

triadic

#9F8EA4 #A49F8E #8EA49F

tetradic

#9F8EA4 #A4948E #93A48E #8E9EA4

square

#9F8EA4 #A4948E #93A48E #8E9EA4

split-complementary

#9F8EA4 #9EA48E #8EA494

monochromatic

#615266 #826D88 #9F8EA4 #BCB0BF #D9D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9F8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#9F8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8EA4

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8EA4	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.037 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbafbf',
    500: '#9f8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8ea4;
$custom-light: #bbafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66892,
    "c": 0.0374,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8EA4

secondary

#C5CBC3

accent

#B47483

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8EA4

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

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