#968396#968396

#968396 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.036 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968396
RGB	rgb(150, 131, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 10.76, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 13.11, 325.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0296 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.036 326)
XYZ	xyz(26.1983, 24.9190, 32.2780)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968396 #839683

analogous

#8C8396 #968396 #96838C

triadic

#968396 #969683 #839696

tetradic

#968396 #968C83 #839683 #838C96

square

#968396 #968C83 #839683 #838C96

split-complementary

#968396 #8C9683 #83968C

monochromatic

#564956 #776577 #968396 #B2A4B2 #CEC5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#968396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#968396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968396

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968396	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 131, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.036 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a7b4',
    500: '#968396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968396;
$custom-light: #b5a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.297,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63338,
    "c": 0.03573,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.24919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968396

secondary

#B6BEB6

accent

#B17676

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968396

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

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