#968EAA#968EAA

#968EAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.042 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EAA
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(257, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 8.62, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 16.13, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0199 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.042 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5049, 28.7322, 42.0139)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EAA #A2AA8E

analogous

#8E94AA #968EAA #A48EAA

triadic

#968EAA #AA968E #8EAA96

tetradic

#968EAA #AA8E94 #A2AA8E #8EAAA4

square

#968EAA #AA8E94 #A2AA8E #8EAAA4

split-complementary

#968EAA #AAA48E #94AA8E

monochromatic

#59516C #766C8F #968EAA #B6B1C4 #D7D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#968EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#968EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EAA

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EAA	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.042 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc3',
    500: '#968eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968eaa;
$custom-light: #b5afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66312,
    "c": 0.04191,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EAA

secondary

#CCCFC5

accent

#984D83

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EAA

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

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