#968CA8#968CA8

#968CA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.042 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA8
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(261, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 9.32, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 16.32, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0222 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.042 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0223, 28.0673, 40.9268)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA8 #9EA88C

analogous

#8C90A8 #968CA8 #A48CA8

triadic

#968CA8 #A8968C #8CA896

tetradic

#968CA8 #A88C90 #9EA88C #8CA8A4

square

#968CA8 #A88C90 #9EA88C #8CA8A4

split-complementary

#968CA8 #A8A48C #90A88C

monochromatic

#59506A #776A8D #968CA8 #B6AFC2 #D6D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#968CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#968CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA8

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA8	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)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.042 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc1',
    500: '#968ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca8;
$custom-light: #b5adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65827,
    "c": 0.04247,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA8

secondary

#C9CDC3

accent

#984D7D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA8

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

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