#968A9E#968A9E

#968A9E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.032 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968A9E
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(276, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 8.36, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 12.26, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0216 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.032 312)
XYZ	xyz(27.8367, 27.1298, 36.1112)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968A9E #929E8A

analogous

#8C8A9E #968A9E #9E8A9C

triadic

#968A9E #9E968A #8A9E96

tetradic

#968A9E #9E8C8A #929E8A #8A9C9E

square

#968A9E #9E8C8A #929E8A #8A9C9E

split-complementary

#968A9E #9C9E8A #8A9E8C

monochromatic

#584F5F #786A80 #968A9E #B4ABBA #D2CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#968A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#968A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968A9E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968A9E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.032 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acba',
    500: '#968a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968a9e;
$custom-light: #b5acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.03234,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968A9E

secondary

#C1C6BE

accent

#B2758E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968A9E

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

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