#968CA9#968CA9

#968CA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.044 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CA9
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(261, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 9.54, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 16.87, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0226 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.044 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1158, 28.1047, 41.4193)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CA9 #9FA98C

analogous

#8C90A9 #968CA9 #A48CA9

triadic

#968CA9 #A9968C #8CA996

tetradic

#968CA9 #A98C90 #9FA98C #8CA9A4

square

#968CA9 #A98C90 #9FA98C #8CA9A4

split-complementary

#968CA9 #A9A48C #90A98C

monochromatic

#59506B #766A8E #968CA9 #B6AFC3 #D6D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#968CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#968CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CA9

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CA9	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.044 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc2',
    500: '#968ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ca9;
$custom-light: #b5adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 14.428,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65864,
    "c": 0.04388,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CA9

secondary

#CACEC3

accent

#994D7E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CA9

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

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