#968AEE#968AEE

#968AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.144 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968AEE
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(247, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(247, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 27.61, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 56.19, 299.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0433 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.144 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0945, 30.8329, 84.8692)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968AEE #E2EE8A

analogous

#8AB0EE #968AEE #C88AEE

triadic

#968AEE #EE968A #8AEE96

tetradic

#968AEE #EE8AB0 #E2EE8A #8AEEC8

square

#968AEE #EE8AB0 #E2EE8A #8AEEC8

split-complementary

#968AEE #EEC88A #B0EE8A

monochromatic

#3720DD #6655E6 #968AEE #C6BFF6 #E7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#968AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#968AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #968AEE

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968AEE	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6899F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6794EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F9DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.144 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acf4',
    500: '#968aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968aee;
$custom-light: #b8acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68644,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968AEE

secondary

#F0F3D8

accent

#D70FBF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #968AEE

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

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