#968DA9#968DA9

#968DA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.042 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968DA9
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 8.97, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 16.22, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.021 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.042 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2626, 28.3983, 41.4682)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968DA9 #A0A98D

analogous

#8D92A9 #968DA9 #A48DA9

triadic

#968DA9 #A9968D #8DA996

tetradic

#968DA9 #A98D92 #A0A98D #8DA9A4

square

#968DA9 #A98D92 #A0A98D #8DA9A4

split-complementary

#968DA9 #A9A48D #92A98D

monochromatic

#59516B #766B8E #968DA9 #B6B0C3 #D6D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#968DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#968DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968DA9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968DA9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.042 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec2',
    500: '#968da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968da9;
$custom-light: #b5aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 14,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66069,
    "c": 0.04217,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968DA9

secondary

#CBCEC4

accent

#984D80

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968DA9

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

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