#968EA1#968EA1

#968EA1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.029 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA1
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(265, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 6.70, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 11.18, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0166 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.029 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6825, 28.4033, 37.6826)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA1 #99A18E

analogous

#8E90A1 #968EA1 #A08EA1

triadic

#968EA1 #A1968E #8EA196

tetradic

#968EA1 #A18E90 #99A18E #8EA1A0

square

#968EA1 #A18E90 #99A18E #8EA1A0

split-complementary

#968EA1 #A1A08E #90A18E

monochromatic

#595263 #776E84 #968EA1 #B5AFBD #D4D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#968EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#968EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA1

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA1	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)

#8B91A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.029 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbc',
    500: '#968ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea1;
$custom-light: #b5afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 9.179,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65986,
    "c": 0.02919,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA1

secondary

#C6C9C2

accent

#B27699

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA1

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

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