#966EA5#966EA5

#966EA5 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.093 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#966EA5
RGB	rgb(150, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(284, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 26.01, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 35.00, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0677 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.093 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9441, 20.3530, 38.2045)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#966EA5 #7DA56E

analogous

#7B6EA5 #966EA5 #A56E99

triadic

#966EA5 #A5966E #6EA596

tetradic

#966EA5 #A57B6E #7DA56E #6E99A5

square

#966EA5 #A57B6E #7DA56E #6E99A5

split-complementary

#966EA5 #99A56E #6EA57B

monochromatic

#543A5E #765284 #966EA5 #B194BC #CDBAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#966EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#966EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #966EA5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##966EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##966EA5	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #966ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.093 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c0',
    500: '#966ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #966ea5;
$custom-light: #b598c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#966ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59855,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#966EA5

secondary

#B2C3AC

accent

#C06880

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #966EA5

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

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