#968CA5#968CA5

#968CA5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.038 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA5
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(264, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 8.68, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 14.68, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0211 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.038 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7460, 27.9568, 39.4718)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA5 #9BA58C

analogous

#8C8FA5 #968CA5 #A38CA5

triadic

#968CA5 #A5968C #8CA596

tetradic

#968CA5 #A58C8F #9BA58C #8CA5A3

square

#968CA5 #A58C8F #9BA58C #8CA5A3

split-complementary

#968CA5 #A5A38C #8FA58C

monochromatic

#595066 #776B89 #968CA5 #B5AEC0 #D5D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#968CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#968CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA5	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.038 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbf',
    500: '#968ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca5;
$custom-light: #b5adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65716,
    "c": 0.03827,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA5

secondary

#C7CBC2

accent

#B5739B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA5

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

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