#956B97#956B97

#956B97 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.082 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B97
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 151)
HSL	hsl(297, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 24.50, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 30.02, 324.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0672 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.082 325)
XYZ	xyz(23.2374, 19.1400, 31.7425)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B97 #6D976B

analogous

#7F6B97 #956B97 #976B83

triadic

#956B97 #97956B #6B9795

tetradic

#956B97 #977F6B #6D976B #6B8397

square

#956B97 #977F6B #6D976B #6B8397

split-complementary

#956B97 #83976B #6B977F

monochromatic

#4F3850 #725174 #956B97 #AF8FB0 #C8B3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#956B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#956B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956B97

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956B97	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.082 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b596b5',
    500: '#956b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b97;
$custom-light: #b596b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58596,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.19139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B97

secondary

#A6B9A5

accent

#BA6E71

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B97

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

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