#968CA4#968CA4

#968CA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.037 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA4
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(265, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 8.47, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 14.13, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0208 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.037 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6554, 27.9206, 38.9943)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA4 #9AA48C

analogous

#8C8EA4 #968CA4 #A28CA4

triadic

#968CA4 #A4968C #8CA496

tetradic

#968CA4 #A48C8E #9AA48C #8CA4A2

square

#968CA4 #A48C8E #9AA48C #8CA4A2

split-complementary

#968CA4 #A4A28C #8EA48C

monochromatic

#595065 #776B88 #968CA4 #B5AEBF #D4D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#968CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#968CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA4

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA4	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)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.037 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbf',
    500: '#968ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca4;
$custom-light: #b5adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6568,
    "c": 0.03688,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA4

secondary

#C7CBC1

accent

#B57399

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA4

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

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