#9F8EA7#9F8EA7

#9F8EA7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.041 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8EA7
RGB	rgb(159, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(281, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 11.10, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 15.50, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0291 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.041 315)
XYZ	xyz(30.9450, 29.5072, 40.6170)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8EA7 #96A78E

analogous

#928EA7 #9F8EA7 #A78EA2

triadic

#9F8EA7 #A79F8E #8EA79F

tetradic

#9F8EA7 #A7928E #96A78E #8EA2A7

square

#9F8EA7 #A7928E #96A78E #8EA2A7

split-complementary

#9F8EA7 #A2A78E #8EA792

monochromatic

#615269 #816C8B #9F8EA7 #BCB0C2 #D9D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9F8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#9F8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8EA7

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8EA7	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.041 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbafc1',
    500: '#9f8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8ea7;
$custom-light: #bbafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66998,
    "c": 0.04113,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.29507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8EA7

secondary

#C7CDC4

accent

#974F66

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8EA7

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

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