#956EA4#956EA4

#956EA4 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.091 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EA4
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(283, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 25.46, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 34.36, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.0662 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.091 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6702, 20.2223, 37.7185)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EA4 #7DA46E

analogous

#7A6EA4 #956EA4 #A46E98

triadic

#956EA4 #A4956E #6EA495

tetradic

#956EA4 #A47A6E #7DA46E #6E98A4

square

#956EA4 #A47A6E #7DA46E #6E98A4

split-complementary

#956EA4 #98A46E #6EA47A

monochromatic

#543A5D #755283 #956EA4 #B094BC #CCB9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#956EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#956EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EA4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EA4	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	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)

#667AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.091 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598bf',
    500: '#956ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ea4;
$custom-light: #b598bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 22.881,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59706,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EA4

secondary

#B2C2AB

accent

#BF6881

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EA4

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

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