#968BC4#968BC4

#968BC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.084 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968BC4
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(252, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 16.30, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 32.47, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0326 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.084 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7718, 28.9344, 56.1249)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968BC4 #B9C48B

analogous

#8B9CC4 #968BC4 #B28BC4

triadic

#968BC4 #C4968B #8BC496

tetradic

#968BC4 #C48B9C #B9C48B #8BC4B2

square

#968BC4 #C48B9C #B9C48B #8BC4B2

split-complementary

#968BC4 #C4B28B #9CC48B

monochromatic

#55488D #7162AF #968BC4 #BBB4D9 #DFDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#968BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#968BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968BC4

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968BC4	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D93C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.084 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd6',
    500: '#968bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968bc4;
$custom-light: #b6acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66767,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968BC4

secondary

#DBDFCC

accent

#AB3A95

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #968BC4

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

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