#968DA4#968DA4

#968DA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.035 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968DA4
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(263, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 7.90, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 13.47, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0192 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.035 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8022, 28.2141, 39.0433)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968DA4 #9BA48D

analogous

#8D8FA4 #968DA4 #A28DA4

triadic

#968DA4 #A4968D #8DA496

tetradic

#968DA4 #A48D8F #9BA48D #8DA4A2

square

#968DA4 #A48D8F #9BA48D #8DA4A2

split-complementary

#968DA4 #A4A28D #8FA48D

monochromatic

#595166 #776C88 #968DA4 #B5AFBF #D5D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#968DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#968DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968DA4

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968DA4	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)

#8991A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.035 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aebf',
    500: '#968da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968da4;
$custom-light: #b5aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 11.22,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65886,
    "c": 0.03512,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968DA4

secondary

#C7CBC2

accent

#B4749B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968DA4

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

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