#968EA5#968EA5

#968EA5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.035 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA5
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(261, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 7.54, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 13.37, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0181 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.035 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0409, 28.5466, 39.5701)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA5 #9DA58E

analogous

#8E91A5 #968EA5 #A18EA5

triadic

#968EA5 #A5968E #8EA596

tetradic

#968EA5 #A58E91 #9DA58E #8EA5A1

square

#968EA5 #A58E91 #9DA58E #8EA5A1

split-complementary

#968EA5 #A5A18E #91A58E

monochromatic

#595267 #776D89 #968EA5 #B6B0C0 #D5D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#968EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#968EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA5

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA5	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.035 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbf',
    500: '#968ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea5;
$custom-light: #b5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66128,
    "c": 0.0348,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA5

secondary

#C9CCC3

accent

#95507D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA5

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

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