#968CA0#968CA0

#968CA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.031 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA0
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(270, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 7.63, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 11.97, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0193 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.031 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2998, 27.7784, 37.1218)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA0 #96A08C

analogous

#8C8CA0 #968CA0 #A08CA0

triadic

#968CA0 #A0968C #8CA096

tetradic

#968CA0 #A08C8C #96A08C #8CA0A0

square

#968CA0 #A08C8C #96A08C #8CA0A0

split-complementary

#968CA0 #A0A08C #8CA08C

monochromatic

#595061 #776C83 #968CA0 #B5AEBC #D3CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#968CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#968CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA0

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA0	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B909F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.031 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbc',
    500: '#968ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca0;
$custom-light: #b5adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65537,
    "c": 0.03138,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA0

secondary

#C4C8C0

accent

#B37594

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA0

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

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