#968CA7#968CA7

#968CA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.041 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA7
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(262, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 9.11, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 15.77, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0219 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.041 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9295, 28.0302, 40.4380)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA7 #9DA78C

analogous

#8C90A7 #968CA7 #A38CA7

triadic

#968CA7 #A7968C #8CA796

tetradic

#968CA7 #A78C90 #9DA78C #8CA7A3

square

#968CA7 #A78C90 #9DA78C #8CA7A3

split-complementary

#968CA7 #A7A38C #90A78C

monochromatic

#595069 #776B8B #968CA7 #B6AFC2 #D5D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#968CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#968CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA7

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA7	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.041 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc1',
    500: '#968ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca7;
$custom-light: #b5adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 13.3,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6579,
    "c": 0.04107,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA7

secondary

#C9CDC2

accent

#974E7C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA7

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

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