#956EA3#956EA3

#956EA3 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.090 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EA3
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 163)
HSL	hsl(284, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 25.25, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 33.85, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0659 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.09 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5802, 20.1863, 37.2447)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EA3 #7CA36E

analogous

#7A6EA3 #956EA3 #A36E96

triadic

#956EA3 #A3956E #6EA395

tetradic

#956EA3 #A37A6E #7CA36E #6E96A3

square

#956EA3 #A37A6E #7CA36E #6E96A3

split-complementary

#956EA3 #96A36E #6EA37A

monochromatic

#533A5C #755282 #956EA3 #B093BB #CCB9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#956EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#956EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EA3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EA3	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.090 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598be',
    500: '#956ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ea3;
$custom-light: #b598be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.151,
    "s": 22.363,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59662,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EA3

secondary

#B1C2AB

accent

#BF6980

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EA3

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

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