#968AA8#968AA8

#968AA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.046 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968AA8
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(264, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 10.47, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 17.63, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0253 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.046 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7327, 27.4882, 40.8302)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968AA8 #9CA88A

analogous

#8A8DA8 #968AA8 #A58AA8

triadic

#968AA8 #A8968A #8AA896

tetradic

#968AA8 #A88A8D #9CA88A #8AA8A5

square

#968AA8 #A88A8D #9CA88A #8AA8A5

split-complementary

#968AA8 #A8A58A #8DA88A

monochromatic

#594E69 #77688C #968AA8 #B5ADC2 #D5D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#968AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#968AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968AA8

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968AA8	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.046 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acc1',
    500: '#968aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968aa8;
$custom-light: #b5acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65418,
    "c": 0.04595,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968AA8

secondary

#C8CDC1

accent

#B7709B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968AA8

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

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