#968CA1#968CA1

#968CA1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.033 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA1
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(269, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 7.84, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 12.51, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0197 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.033 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3876, 27.8135, 37.5843)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA1 #97A18C

analogous

#8C8DA1 #968CA1 #A18CA1

triadic

#968CA1 #A1968C #8CA196

tetradic

#968CA1 #A18C8D #97A18C #8CA1A1

square

#968CA1 #A18C8D #97A18C #8CA1A1

split-complementary

#968CA1 #A1A18C #8DA18C

monochromatic

#595062 #776C84 #968CA1 #B5AEBD #D3CFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#968CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#968CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA1

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA1	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)

#898FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B90A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.033 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbc',
    500: '#968ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca1;
$custom-light: #b5adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 10.048,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65572,
    "c": 0.03274,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA1

secondary

#C5C9C0

accent

#B37595

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA1

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

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