#968AA2#968AA2

#968AA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.038 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968AA2
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 9.19, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 14.38, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0231 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.038 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1866, 27.2697, 37.9541)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968AA2 #96A28A

analogous

#8A8AA2 #968AA2 #A28AA2

triadic

#968AA2 #A2968A #8AA296

tetradic

#968AA2 #A28A8A #96A28A #8AA2A2

square

#968AA2 #A28A8A #96A28A #8AA2A2

split-complementary

#968AA2 #A2A28A #8AA28A

monochromatic

#594F63 #776A85 #968AA2 #B5ACBD #D3CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#968AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#968AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968AA2

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968AA2	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.038 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acbd',
    500: '#968aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968aa2;
$custom-light: #b5acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65196,
    "c": 0.03769,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968AA2

secondary

#C4C9BF

accent

#B47394

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968AA2

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

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