#968EA9#968EA9

#968EA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.040 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EA9
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 8.40, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 15.57, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0195 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.04 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4107, 28.6945, 41.5176)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EA9 #A1A98E

analogous

#8E93A9 #968EA9 #A38EA9

triadic

#968EA9 #A9968E #8EA996

tetradic

#968EA9 #A98E93 #A1A98E #8EA9A3

square

#968EA9 #A98E93 #A1A98E #8EA9A3

split-complementary

#968EA9 #A9A38E #93A98E

monochromatic

#59526B #766C8E #968EA9 #B6B1C3 #D7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#968EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#968EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EA9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EA9	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.040 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc2',
    500: '#968ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968ea9;
$custom-light: #b5afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66274,
    "c": 0.04048,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EA9

secondary

#CBCEC4

accent

#984E82

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EA9

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

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