#955BC8#955BC8

#955BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.168 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#955BC8
RGB	rgb(149, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(272, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 44.35, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 65.29, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.0996 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.168 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5587, 18.0421, 56.7157)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#955BC8 #8EC85B

analogous

#5F5BC8 #955BC8 #C85BC4

triadic

#955BC8 #C8955B #5BC895

tetradic

#955BC8 #C85F5B #8EC85B #5BC4C8

square

#955BC8 #C85F5B #8EC85B #5BC4C8

split-complementary

#955BC8 #C4C85B #5BC85F

monochromatic

#572A7E #773AAC #955BC8 #B389D7 #D0B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#955BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#955BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #955BC8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##955BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##955BC8	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3774CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #955bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.168 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78bd9',
    500: '#955bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #955bc8;
$custom-light: #b78bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#955bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.927,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58371,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#955BC8

secondary

#BED6A9

accent

#D94F8F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #955BC8

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

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