#968196#968196

#968196 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.040 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968196
RGB	rgb(150, 129, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 11.91, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 14.50, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0328 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.04 326)
XYZ	xyz(25.9322, 24.3870, 32.1893)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968196 #819681

analogous

#8C8196 #968196 #96818C

triadic

#968196 #969681 #819696

tetradic

#968196 #968C81 #819681 #818C96

square

#968196 #968C81 #819681 #818C96

split-complementary

#968196 #8C9681 #81968C

monochromatic

#554755 #776377 #968196 #B2A2B2 #CEC4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#968196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#968196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968196

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968196	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 129, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.040 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a5b4',
    500: '#968196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968196;
$custom-light: #b5a5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.03955,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968196

secondary

#B5BEB5

accent

#B27676

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968196

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

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