#968EA7#968EA7

#968EA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.038 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA7
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(259, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 7.97, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 14.47, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0188 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.038 300)
XYZ	xyz(29.2244, 28.6200, 40.5363)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA7 #9FA78E

analogous

#8E92A7 #968EA7 #A28EA7

triadic

#968EA7 #A7968E #8EA796

tetradic

#968EA7 #A78E92 #9FA78E #8EA7A2

square

#968EA7 #A78E92 #9FA78E #8EA7A2

split-complementary

#968EA7 #A7A28E #92A78E

monochromatic

#595269 #766C8B #968EA7 #B6B0C2 #D6D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#968EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#968EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA7

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA7	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#8992A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.038 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc1',
    500: '#968ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea7;
$custom-light: #b5afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66201,
    "c": 0.03763,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.2862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA7

secondary

#CACDC4

accent

#974F80

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA7

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

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