#9F9BB3#9F9BB3

#9F9BB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.035 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9BB3
RGB	rgb(159, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(250, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 6.26, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 13.46, 297.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0137 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.035 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1545, 34.0681, 47.4155)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9BB3 #AFB39B

analogous

#9BA3B3 #9F9BB3 #AB9BB3

triadic

#9F9BB3 #B39F9B #9BB39F

tetradic

#9F9BB3 #B39BA3 #AFB39B #9BB3AB

square

#9F9BB3 #B39BA3 #AFB39B #9BB3AB

split-complementary

#9F9BB3 #B3AB9B #A3B39B

monochromatic

#605B78 #7E7899 #9F9BB3 #C0BECD #E2E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9F9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#9F9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9BB3

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9BB3	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.035 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb8c9',
    500: '#9f9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9bb3;
$custom-light: #bbb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70075,
    "c": 0.03496,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9BB3

secondary

#D8D9D1

accent

#984E8B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9BB3

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

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