#966EA6#966EA6

#966EA6 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.094 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#966EA6
RGB	rgb(150, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(283, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 26.22, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 35.51, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0679 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.094 316)
XYZ	xyz(25.0355, 20.3896, 38.6857)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#966EA6 #7EA66E

analogous

#7A6EA6 #966EA6 #A66E9A

triadic

#966EA6 #A6966E #6EA696

tetradic

#966EA6 #A67A6E #7EA66E #6E9AA6

square

#966EA6 #A67A6E #7EA66E #6E9AA6

split-complementary

#966EA6 #9AA66E #6EA67A

monochromatic

#553A5F #765285 #966EA6 #B194BD #CDBAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#966EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#966EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #966EA6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##966EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##966EA6	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #966ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.094 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c0',
    500: '#966ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #966ea6;
$custom-light: #b598c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#966ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 23.932,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.599,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.20389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#966EA6

secondary

#B3C4AC

accent

#C06781

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #966EA6

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

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