#968AA0#968AA0

#968AA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.035 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968AA0
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(273, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 14%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 8.78, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 13.31, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0224 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.035 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0102, 27.1992, 37.0252)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968AA0 #94A08A

analogous

#8B8AA0 #968AA0 #A08A9F

triadic

#968AA0 #A0968A #8AA096

tetradic

#968AA0 #A08B8A #94A08A #8A9FA0

square

#968AA0 #A08B8A #94A08A #8A9FA0

split-complementary

#968AA0 #9FA08A #8AA08B

monochromatic

#594F61 #786A83 #968AA0 #B4ACBB #D3CED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#968AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#968AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968AA0

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968AA0	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.035 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acbc',
    500: '#968aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968aa0;
$custom-light: #b5acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 10.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.03499,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968AA0

secondary

#C3C7BF

accent

#B37491

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968AA0

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

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