#968CAA#968CAA

#968CAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.045 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CAA
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(260, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 9.76, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 17.42, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0229 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.045 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2100, 28.1424, 41.9156)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CAA #A0AA8C

analogous

#8C91AA #968CAA #A58CAA

triadic

#968CAA #AA968C #8CAA96

tetradic

#968CAA #AA8C91 #A0AA8C #8CAAA5

square

#968CAA #AA8C91 #A0AA8C #8CAAA5

split-complementary

#968CAA #AAA58C #91AA8C

monochromatic

#59506C #766A8F #968CAA #B6AFC4 #D6D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#968CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#968CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CAA

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CAA	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8690AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.045 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc3',
    500: '#968caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968caa;
$custom-light: #b5adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65902,
    "c": 0.0453,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CAA

secondary

#CBCFC3

accent

#994C80

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CAA

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

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