#956C99#956C99

#956C99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.082 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956C99
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 153)
HSL	hsl(295, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 24.32, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 30.28, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0662 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.082 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5061, 19.4153, 32.6401)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956C99 #70996C

analogous

#7E6C99 #956C99 #996C86

triadic

#956C99 #99956C #6C9995

tetradic

#956C99 #997E6C #70996C #6C8699

square

#956C99 #997E6C #70996C #6C8699

split-complementary

#956C99 #86996C #6C997E

monochromatic

#503952 #735276 #956C99 #AF90B2 #C9B4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#956C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#956C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956C99

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956C99	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97707C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.082 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b496b7',
    500: '#956c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956c99;
$custom-light: #b496b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.667,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956C99

secondary

#A8BAA6

accent

#BB6D74

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #956C99

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

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