#968EA2#968EA2

#968EA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.031 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA2
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(264, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 6.91, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 11.73, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.017 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.031 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7711, 28.4387, 38.1489)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA2 #9AA28E

analogous

#8E90A2 #968EA2 #A08EA2

triadic

#968EA2 #A2968E #8EA296

tetradic

#968EA2 #A28E90 #9AA28E #8EA2A0

square

#968EA2 #A28E90 #9AA28E #8EA2A0

split-complementary

#968EA2 #A2A08E #90A28E

monochromatic

#595264 #776E85 #968EA2 #B5B0BE #D4D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#968EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#968EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA2	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.031 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbd',
    500: '#968ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea2;
$custom-light: #b5afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66021,
    "c": 0.03058,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA2

secondary

#C7CAC2

accent

#B3759A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA2

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

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