#968DA0#968DA0

#968DA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.030 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968DA0
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 160)
HSL	hsl(268, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(268, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 7.07, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 11.31, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0177 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.03 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4466, 28.0719, 37.1707)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968DA0 #97A08D

analogous

#8D8EA0 #968DA0 #A08DA0

triadic

#968DA0 #A0968D #8DA096

tetradic

#968DA0 #A08D8E #97A08D #8DA0A0

square

#968DA0 #A08D8E #97A08D #8DA0A0

split-complementary

#968DA0 #A0A08D #8EA08D

monochromatic

#595161 #776D83 #968DA0 #B5AEBC #D3D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#968DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#968DA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968DA0

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968DA0	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C919F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.030 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4aebc',
    500: '#968da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968da0;
$custom-light: #b4aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65744,
    "c": 0.02959,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968DA0

secondary

#C5C8C1

accent

#B27695

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968DA0

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

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