#968EA8#968EA8

#968EA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.039 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA8
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(258, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 8.18, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 15.02, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0192 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.039 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3172, 28.6571, 41.0251)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA8 #A0A88E

analogous

#8E93A8 #968EA8 #A38EA8

triadic

#968EA8 #A8968E #8EA896

tetradic

#968EA8 #A88E93 #A0A88E #8EA8A3

square

#968EA8 #A88E93 #A0A88E #8EA8A3

split-complementary

#968EA8 #A8A38E #93A88E

monochromatic

#59526A #766C8D #968EA8 #B6B1C3 #D6D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#968EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#968EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA8

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA8	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.039 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc1',
    500: '#968ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea8;
$custom-light: #b5afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66238,
    "c": 0.03905,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA8

secondary

#CBCEC4

accent

#974E81

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA8

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

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