#968DAE#968DAE

#968DAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.049 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968DAE
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 19%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 10.06, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 18.98, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0228 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.049 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7410, 28.5897, 43.9877)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968DAE #A5AE8D

analogous

#8D95AE #968DAE #A78DAE

triadic

#968DAE #AE968D #8DAE96

tetradic

#968DAE #AE8D95 #A5AE8D #8DAEA7

square

#968DAE #AE8D95 #A5AE8D #8DAEA7

split-complementary

#968DAE #AEA78D #95AE8D

monochromatic

#595071 #756994 #968DAE #B7B1C7 #D8D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#968DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#968DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968DAE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968DAE	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8692AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.049 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec6',
    500: '#968dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968dae;
$custom-light: #b5aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 16.923,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66258,
    "c": 0.0493,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968DAE

secondary

#CED2C5

accent

#9B4A85

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968DAE

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

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