#968EA4#968EA4

#968EA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.033 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA4
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(262, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 7.33, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 12.82, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0177 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.033 302)
XYZ	xyz(28.9503, 28.5104, 39.0926)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA4 #9CA48E

analogous

#8E91A4 #968EA4 #A18EA4

triadic

#968EA4 #A4968E #8EA496

tetradic

#968EA4 #A48E91 #9CA48E #8EA4A1

square

#968EA4 #A48E91 #9CA48E #8EA4A1

split-complementary

#968EA4 #A4A18E #91A48E

monochromatic

#595266 #776D88 #968EA4 #B6B0BF #D5D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#968EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#968EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA4

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA4	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.033 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbf',
    500: '#968ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea4;
$custom-light: #b5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66092,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.2851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA4

secondary

#C8CBC3

accent

#B4749D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA4

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

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