#968EB4#968EB4

#968EB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.056 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968EB4
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 10.83, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 21.68, 299.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0233 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.056 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4871, 29.1251, 47.1867)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968EB4 #ACB48E

analogous

#8E99B4 #968EB4 #A98EB4

triadic

#968EB4 #B4968E #8EB496

tetradic

#968EB4 #B48E99 #ACB48E #8EB4A9

square

#968EB4 #B48E99 #ACB48E #8EB4A9

split-complementary

#968EB4 #B4A98E #99B48E

monochromatic

#585078 #74699C #968EB4 #B8B3CC #DAD8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#968EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#968EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968EB4

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968EB4	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)

#8693B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.056 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afca',
    500: '#968eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968eb4;
$custom-light: #b5afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 20.213,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66696,
    "c": 0.05628,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968EB4

secondary

#D3D6C8

accent

#9F478C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #968EB4

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

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