#968ABA#968ABA

#968ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.071 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968ABA
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(255, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 14.51, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 27.55, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0312 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.071 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5271, 28.2059, 50.2809)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968ABA #AEBA8A

analogous

#8A96BA #968ABA #AE8ABA

triadic

#968ABA #BA968A #8ABA96

tetradic

#968ABA #BA8A96 #AEBA8A #8ABAAE

square

#968ABA #BA8A96 #AEBA8A #8ABAAE

split-complementary

#968ABA #BAAE8A #96BA8A

monochromatic

#584B7F #7364A3 #968ABA #B9B0D1 #DBD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#968ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#968ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968ABA

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968ABA	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F91BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.071 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5accf',
    500: '#968aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968aba;
$custom-light: #b5accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66137,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968ABA

secondary

#D4D8C7

accent

#A4418C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968ABA

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

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