#968CBD#968CBD

#968CBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.072 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968CBD
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 189)
HSL	hsl(252, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 25.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 14.06, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 27.95, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0291 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.072 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1390, 28.9140, 52.0747)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968CBD #B3BD8C

analogous

#8C9BBD #968CBD #AF8CBD

triadic

#968CBD #BD968C #8CBD96

tetradic

#968CBD #BD8C9B #B3BD8C #8CBDAF

square

#968CBD #BD8C9B #B3BD8C #8CBDAF

split-complementary

#968CBD #BDAF8C #9BBD8C

monochromatic

#574B83 #7265A7 #968CBD #BAB3D3 #DDDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#968CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#968CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968CBD

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968CBD	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E949D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.072 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5add1',
    500: '#968cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968cbd;
$custom-light: #b5add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.245,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66663,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968CBD

secondary

#D7DBCA

accent

#A64091

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968CBD

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

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