#966EA8#966EA8

#966EA8 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.097 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#966EA8
RGB	rgb(150, 110, 168)
HSL	hsl(281, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 26.65, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 36.53, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.0685 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.097 315)
XYZ	xyz(25.2204, 20.4635, 39.6595)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#966EA8 #80A86E

analogous

#796EA8 #966EA8 #A86E9D

triadic

#966EA8 #A8966E #6EA896

tetradic

#966EA8 #A8796E #80A86E #6E9DA8

square

#966EA8 #A8796E #80A86E #6E9DA8

split-complementary

#966EA8 #9DA86E #6EA879

monochromatic

#553A61 #775188 #966EA8 #B294BF #CDBBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#966EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#966EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #966EA8

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##966EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##966EA8	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #966ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 110, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.097 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c2',
    500: '#966ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #966ea8;
$custom-light: #b598c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#966ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59989,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.20463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#966EA8

secondary

#B4C5AD

accent

#C16683

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #966EA8

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

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