#968AAA#968AAA

#968AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.049 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968AAA
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 10.90, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 18.72, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.026 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.049 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9205, 27.5633, 41.8191)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968AAA #9EAA8A

analogous

#8A8EAA #968AAA #A68AAA

triadic

#968AAA #AA968A #8AAA96

tetradic

#968AAA #AA8A8E #9EAA8A #8AAAA6

square

#968AAA #AA8A8E #9EAA8A #8AAAA6

split-complementary

#968AAA #AAA68A #8EAA8A

monochromatic

#594E6C #77688F #968AAA #B6ADC4 #D6D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#968AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#968AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #968AAA

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968AAA	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.049 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acc3',
    500: '#968aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968aaa;
$custom-light: #b5acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65494,
    "c": 0.04875,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968AAA

secondary

#C9CEC2

accent

#9A4B7D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968AAA

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

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