#955ECD#955ECD

#955ECD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.169 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#955ECD
RGB	rgb(149, 94, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 54.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 43.91, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 66.04, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.096 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.169 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4142, 18.8029, 59.9309)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#955ECD #96CD5E

analogous

#5E5ECD #955ECD #CD5ECD

triadic

#955ECD #CD955E #5ECD95

tetradic

#955ECD #CD5E5E #96CD5E #5ECDCD

square

#955ECD #CD5E5E #96CD5E #5ECDCD

split-complementary

#955ECD #CDCD5E #5ECD5E

monochromatic

#582A87 #7638B5 #955ECD #B48DDC #D2BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#955ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#955ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #955ECD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##955ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##955ECD	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3777D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #955ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 94, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.169 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78ddd',
    500: '#955ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #955ecd;
$custom-light: #b78ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#955ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.73,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#955ECD

secondary

#C4D9AD

accent

#DC4C95

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #955ECD

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

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