#966EA3#966EA3

#966EA3 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.091 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#966EA3
RGB	rgb(150, 110, 163)
HSL	hsl(285, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 25.58, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 33.99, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0671 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.091 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7635, 20.2808, 37.2533)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#966EA3 #7BA36E

analogous

#7B6EA3 #966EA3 #A36E95

triadic

#966EA3 #A3966E #6EA396

tetradic

#966EA3 #A37B6E #7BA36E #6E95A3

square

#966EA3 #A37B6E #7BA36E #6E95A3

split-complementary

#966EA3 #95A36E #6EA37B

monochromatic

#543A5C #765282 #966EA3 #B193BB #CCB9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#966EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#966EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #966EA3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##966EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##966EA3	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #966ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 110, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.091 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598be',
    500: '#966ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #966ea3;
$custom-light: #b598be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#966ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.283,
    "s": 22.363,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#966EA3

secondary

#B1C2AB

accent

#BF697E

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #966EA3

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

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