#968EA3#968EA3

#968EA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.032 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA3
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(263, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 7.12, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 12.27, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0173 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.032 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8603, 28.4744, 38.6189)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA3 #9BA38E

analogous

#8E91A3 #968EA3 #A18EA3

triadic

#968EA3 #A3968E #8EA396

tetradic

#968EA3 #A38E91 #9BA38E #8EA3A1

square

#968EA3 #A38E91 #9BA38E #8EA3A1

split-complementary

#968EA3 #A3A18E #91A38E

monochromatic

#595265 #776D86 #968EA3 #B5B0BE #D5D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#968EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#968EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA3

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA3	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)

#8A91A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.032 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbe',
    500: '#968ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea3;
$custom-light: #b5afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66057,
    "c": 0.03198,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA3

secondary

#C7CAC2

accent

#B3759B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA3

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

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