#968BB2#968BB2

#968BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.058 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968BB2
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 12.10, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 22.48, 302.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0271 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.058 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8445, 28.1635, 45.9746)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968BB2 #A7B28B

analogous

#8B94B2 #968BB2 #AA8BB2

triadic

#968BB2 #B2968B #8BB296

tetradic

#968BB2 #B28B94 #A7B28B #8BB2AA

square

#968BB2 #B28B94 #A7B28B #8BB2AA

split-complementary

#968BB2 #B2AA8B #94B28B

monochromatic

#594E75 #75669A #968BB2 #B7B0CA #D9D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#968BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#968BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968BB2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968BB2	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.058 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acc9',
    500: '#968bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968bb2;
$custom-light: #b5acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66009,
    "c": 0.05836,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968BB2

secondary

#D0D4C5

accent

#9F4786

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968BB2

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

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