#968CA3#968CA3

#968CA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.035 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA3
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(266, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 8.26, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 13.59, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0204 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.035 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5654, 27.8846, 38.5206)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA3 #99A38C

analogous

#8C8EA3 #968CA3 #A28CA3

triadic

#968CA3 #A3968C #8CA396

tetradic

#968CA3 #A38C8E #99A38C #8CA3A2

square

#968CA3 #A38C8E #99A38C #8CA3A2

split-complementary

#968CA3 #A3A28C #8EA38C

monochromatic

#595064 #776B86 #968CA3 #B5AEBE #D4D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#968CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#968CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA3

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA3	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.035 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbe',
    500: '#968ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca3;
$custom-light: #b5adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65643,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA3

secondary

#C6CAC1

accent

#B47498

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA3

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

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