#968CA6#968CA6

#968CA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.040 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA6
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(263, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 8.90, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 15.22, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0215 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.04 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8374, 27.9934, 39.9530)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA6 #9CA68C

analogous

#8C8FA6 #968CA6 #A38CA6

triadic

#968CA6 #A6968C #8CA696

tetradic

#968CA6 #A68C8F #9CA68C #8CA6A3

square

#968CA6 #A68C8F #9CA68C #8CA6A3

split-complementary

#968CA6 #A6A38C #8FA68C

monochromatic

#595067 #776B8A #968CA6 #B6AFC1 #D5D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#968CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#968CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA6	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.040 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc0',
    500: '#968ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca6;
$custom-light: #b5adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65753,
    "c": 0.03967,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA6

secondary

#C8CCC2

accent

#B6729C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA6

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

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