#966EA9#966EA9

#966EA9 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.098 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#966EA9
RGB	rgb(150, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(281, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 26.87, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 37.04, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0687 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.098 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3139, 20.5009, 40.1520)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#966EA9 #81A96E

analogous

#796EA9 #966EA9 #A96E9F

triadic

#966EA9 #A9966E #6EA996

tetradic

#966EA9 #A9796E #81A96E #6E9FA9

square

#966EA9 #A9796E #81A96E #6E9FA9

split-complementary

#966EA9 #9FA96E #6EA979

monochromatic

#553A62 #775189 #966EA9 #B294C0 #CEBBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#966EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#966EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #966EA9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##966EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##966EA9	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #966ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.098 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c2',
    500: '#966ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #966ea9;
$custom-light: #b598c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#966ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.678,
    "s": 25.541,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60035,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#966EA9

secondary

#B5C6AD

accent

#C26684

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #966EA9

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

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