#968EA0#968EA0

#968EA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.028 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA0
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(267, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 6.50, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 10.64, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0162 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.028 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5947, 28.3681, 37.2201)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA0 #98A08E

analogous

#8E8FA0 #968EA0 #9F8EA0

triadic

#968EA0 #A0968E #8EA096

tetradic

#968EA0 #A08E8F #98A08E #8EA09F

square

#968EA0 #A08E8F #98A08E #8EA09F

split-complementary

#968EA0 #A09F8E #8FA08E

monochromatic

#595262 #776E83 #968EA0 #B5AFBC #D4D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#968EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#968EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA0

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA0	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D919F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.028 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afbc',
    500: '#968ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea0;
$custom-light: #b4afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65951,
    "c": 0.02781,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA0

secondary

#C5C8C1

accent

#B27697

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA0

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

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