#968BB9#968BB9

#968BB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.068 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968BB9
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(254, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 13.70, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 26.36, 301.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0294 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.068 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5653, 28.4518, 49.7710)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968BB9 #AEB98B

analogous

#8B97B9 #968BB9 #AD8BB9

triadic

#968BB9 #B9968B #8BB996

tetradic

#968BB9 #B98B97 #AEB98B #8BB9AD

square

#968BB9 #B98B97 #AEB98B #8BB9AD

split-complementary

#968BB9 #B9AD8B #97B98B

monochromatic

#584C7E #7365A2 #968BB9 #B9B1D0 #DBD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#968BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#968BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968BB9

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968BB9	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.068 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acce',
    500: '#968bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968bb9;
$custom-light: #b5acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.348,
    "s": 24.731,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66295,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968BB9

secondary

#D4D8C8

accent

#A3428C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968BB9

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

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