#968EB3#968EB3

#968EB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.055 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EB3
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 10.61, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 21.12, 300.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.023 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.055 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3856, 29.0845, 46.6521)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EB3 #ABB38E

analogous

#8E98B3 #968EB3 #A88EB3

triadic

#968EB3 #B3968E #8EB396

tetradic

#968EB3 #B38E98 #ABB38E #8EB3A8

square

#968EB3 #B38E98 #ABB38E #8EB3A8

split-complementary

#968EB3 #B3A88E #98B38E

monochromatic

#585077 #74699A #968EB3 #B8B3CC #DAD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#968EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#968EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EB3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EB3	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.055 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc9',
    500: '#968eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968eb3;
$custom-light: #b5afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.973,
    "s": 19.577,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66657,
    "c": 0.05484,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EB3

secondary

#D2D5C8

accent

#9E488B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EB3

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

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