#968BA2#968BA2

#968BA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.036 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968BA2
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(269, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 8.62, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 13.71, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0216 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.036 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3307, 27.5580, 38.0021)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968BA2 #97A28B

analogous

#8B8CA2 #968BA2 #A28BA2

triadic

#968BA2 #A2968B #8BA296

tetradic

#968BA2 #A28B8C #97A28B #8BA2A2

square

#968BA2 #A28B8C #97A28B #8BA2A2

split-complementary

#968BA2 #A2A28B #8CA28B

monochromatic

#594F63 #776B85 #968BA2 #B5ADBD #D3CFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#968BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#968BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968BA2

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968BA2	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#878FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.036 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acbd',
    500: '#968ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ba2;
$custom-light: #b5acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 11.005,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65402,
    "c": 0.03589,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968BA2

secondary

#C5C9C0

accent

#B47495

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968BA2

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

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