#956E8A#956E8A

#956E8A is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.063 H 337.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E8A
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(317, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(317, 26%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 7.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 20.23, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 22.26, 335.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0581 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.063 337)
XYZ	xyz(22.5575, 19.3772, 26.5918)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E8A #6E9579

analogous

#8C6E95 #956E8A #956E76

triadic

#956E8A #8A956E #6E8A95

tetradic

#956E8A #958C6E #6E9579 #6E7695

square

#956E8A #958C6E #6E9579 #6E7695

split-complementary

#956E8A #76956E #6E958C

monochromatic

#4F3A49 #72546A #956E8A #AF91A7 #C9B5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#956E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#956E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956E8A

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956E8A	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#6F768B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.063 337.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b498ac',
    500: '#956e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e8a;
$custom-light: #b498ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.923,
    "s": 15.538,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.06308,
    "h": 337
  },
  "luminance": 0.19376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E8A

secondary

#A7B8AC

accent

#B88470

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E8A

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

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