#968CAB#968CAB

#968CAB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.047 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CAB
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 171)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 9.98, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 17.97, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0233 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.047 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3050, 28.1804, 42.4157)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CAB #A1AB8C

analogous

#8C91AB #968CAB #A58CAB

triadic

#968CAB #AB968C #8CAB96

tetradic

#968CAB #AB8C91 #A1AB8C #8CABA5

square

#968CAB #AB8C91 #A1AB8C #8CABA5

split-complementary

#968CAB #ABA58C #91AB8C

monochromatic

#59506D #766990 #968CAB #B6AFC5 #D7D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#968CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#968CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CAB

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CAB	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.047 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc4',
    500: '#968cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968cab;
$custom-light: #b5adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 15.578,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6594,
    "c": 0.04672,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CAB

secondary

#CBCFC4

accent

#9A4C81

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CAB

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

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