#6959A8#6959A8

#6959A8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.122 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6959A8
RGB	rgb(105, 89, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 47%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 25.60, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 47.82, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.0433 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.122 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4641, 12.9747, 38.6751)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6959A8 #98A859

analogous

#5970A8 #6959A8 #9059A8

triadic

#6959A8 #A86959 #59A869

tetradic

#6959A8 #A85970 #98A859 #59A890

square

#6959A8 #A85970 #98A859 #59A890

split-complementary

#6959A8 #A89059 #70A859

monochromatic

#372E58 #504380 #6959A8 #8D81BD #B2A9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#6959A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#6959A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6959A8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6959A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6959A8	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D66AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E63A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6959a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 89, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.122 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9788c2',
    500: '#6959a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6959a8;
$custom-light: #9788c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6959a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.152,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51653,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6959A8

secondary

#B9C09D

accent

#C760B3

background

#F9F8FC

surface

#F2EFF8

border

#CCCAD1

text

#0E0B12

muted

#7E7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6959A8

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

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