#968AD1#968AD1

#968AD1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.104 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968AD1
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 209)
HSL	hsl(250, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 34%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 20.07, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 40.29, 299.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0374 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.104 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1719, 29.2639, 64.2100)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968AD1 #C5D18A

analogous

#8AA1D1 #968AD1 #B98AD1

triadic

#968AD1 #D1968A #8AD196

tetradic

#968AD1 #D18AA1 #C5D18A #8AD1B9

square

#968AD1 #D18AA1 #C5D18A #8AD1B9

split-complementary

#968AD1 #D1B98A #A1D18A

monochromatic

#503FA1 #6F5EC0 #968AD1 #BDB6E2 #E5E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#968AD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#968AD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968AD1

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968AD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968AD1	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7794D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7792CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8996A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.104 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acdf',
    500: '#968ad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ad1;
$custom-light: #b6acdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.141,
    "s": 43.558,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968AD1

secondary

#E3E6D1

accent

#B72FA0

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #968AD1

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

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