#968CB2#968CB2

#968CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.057 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CB2
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 11.53, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 21.84, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0256 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.057 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9900, 28.4544, 46.0231)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CB2 #A8B28C

analogous

#8C95B2 #968CB2 #A98CB2

triadic

#968CB2 #B2968C #8CB296

tetradic

#968CB2 #B28C95 #A8B28C #8CB2A9

square

#968CB2 #B28C95 #A8B28C #8CB2A9

split-complementary

#968CB2 #B2A98C #95B28C

monochromatic

#594E75 #756799 #968CB2 #B7B1CB #D9D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#968CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#968CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CB2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CB2	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#919299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.057 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc9',
    500: '#968cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968cb2;
$custom-light: #b5adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66211,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CB2

secondary

#D0D4C6

accent

#9E4787

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CB2

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

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