#968EA6#968EA6

#968EA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.036 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA6
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 7.76, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 13.92, 303.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0184 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.036 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1323, 28.5832, 40.0513)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA6 #9EA68E

analogous

#8E92A6 #968EA6 #A28EA6

triadic

#968EA6 #A6968E #8EA696

tetradic

#968EA6 #A68E92 #9EA68E #8EA6A2

square

#968EA6 #A68E92 #9EA68E #8EA6A2

split-complementary

#968EA6 #A6A28E #92A68E

monochromatic

#595268 #776D8A #968EA6 #B6B0C1 #D6D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#968EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#968EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA6	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.036 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc0',
    500: '#968ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea6;
$custom-light: #b5afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.03622,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA6

secondary

#C9CCC3

accent

#96507E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA6

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

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