#968DAD#968DAD

#968DAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.048 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968DAD
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 9.84, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 18.43, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0224 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.048 298)
XYZ	xyz(29.6439, 28.5508, 43.4762)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968DAD #A4AD8D

analogous

#8D94AD #968DAD #A68DAD

triadic

#968DAD #AD968D #8DAD96

tetradic

#968DAD #AD8D94 #A4AD8D #8DADA6

square

#968DAD #AD8D94 #A4AD8D #8DADA6

split-complementary

#968DAD #ADA68D #94AD8D

monochromatic

#59506F #756A93 #968DAD #B7B1C7 #D8D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#968DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#968DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968DAD

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968DAD	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.048 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec5',
    500: '#968dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968dad;
$custom-light: #b5aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 16.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6622,
    "c": 0.04787,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.28551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968DAD

secondary

#CED1C5

accent

#9B4B84

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968DAD

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

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