#968DB3#968DB3

#968DB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.056 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968DB3
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(254, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 11.18, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 21.76, 300.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0245 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.056 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2375, 28.7883, 46.6028)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968DB3 #AAB38D

analogous

#8D97B3 #968DB3 #A98DB3

triadic

#968DB3 #B3968D #8DB396

tetradic

#968DB3 #B38D97 #AAB38D #8DB3A9

square

#968DB3 #B38D97 #AAB38D #8DB3A9

split-complementary

#968DB3 #B3A98D #97B38D

monochromatic

#584F77 #74689B #968DB3 #B8B2CB #DAD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#968DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#968DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968DB3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968DB3	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91939A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.056 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec9',
    500: '#968db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968db3;
$custom-light: #b5aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.211,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66454,
    "c": 0.05648,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968DB3

secondary

#D2D5C7

accent

#9E478A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968DB3

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

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