#955AEE#955AEE

#955AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.213 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#955AEE
RGB	rgb(149, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 54.15, -66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 85.39, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1004 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.213 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4793, 19.8745, 83.0500)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#955AEE #B3EE5A

analogous

#5A69EE #955AEE #DF5AEE

triadic

#955AEE #EE955A #5AEE95

tetradic

#955AEE #EE5A69 #B3EE5A #5AEEDF

square

#955AEE #EE5A69 #B3EE5A #5AEEDF

split-complementary

#955AEE #EEDF5A #69EE5A

monochromatic

#5613BA #7123E8 #955AEE #B991F4 #DCC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#955AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#955AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #955AEE

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##955AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##955AEE	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B7AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #955aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.213 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cf4',
    500: '#955aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #955aee;
$custom-light: #ba8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#955aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.919,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60691,
    "c": 0.21303,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#955AEE

secondary

#D7ECB8

accent

#DE0888

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #955AEE

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

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