#956E99#956E99

#956E99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.079 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E99
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 153)
HSL	hsl(294, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 23.16, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 28.91, 323.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.063 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.079 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7195, 19.8420, 32.7112)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#956E99 #72996E

analogous

#806E99 #956E99 #996E88

triadic

#956E99 #99956E #6E9995

tetradic

#956E99 #99806E #72996E #6E8899

square

#956E99 #99806E #72996E #6E8899

split-complementary

#956E99 #88996E #6E9980

monochromatic

#503A53 #735376 #956E99 #AF92B2 #CAB6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#956E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#956E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956E99

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956E99	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A789B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97727D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.079 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b498b7',
    500: '#956e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e99;
$custom-light: #b498b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.419,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59237,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E99

secondary

#AABBA8

accent

#BA6E75

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E99

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

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