#956ABA#956ABA

#956ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.126 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ABA
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 186)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 43%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 32.69, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 48.47, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0772 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.126 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4097, 20.2431, 48.9609)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ABA #8FBA6A

analogous

#6D6ABA #956ABA #BA6AB7

triadic

#956ABA #BA956A #6ABA95

tetradic

#956ABA #BA6D6A #8FBA6A #6AB7BA

square

#956ABA #BA6D6A #8FBA6A #6AB7BA

split-complementary

#956ABA #B7BA6A #6ABA6D

monochromatic

#573674 #77499E #956ABA #B394CD #D1BEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#956ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#956ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ABA

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ABA	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.126 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b595cf',
    500: '#956aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956aba;
$custom-light: #b595cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 36.697,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ABA

secondary

#BFD0B0

accent

#CD5B90

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ABA

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

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