#956EA7#956EA7

#956EA7 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EA7
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 167)
HSL	hsl(281, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 26.11, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 35.89, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.067 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.095 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9443, 20.3319, 39.1621)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EA7 #80A76E

analogous

#796EA7 #956EA7 #A76E9D

triadic

#956EA7 #A7956E #6EA795

tetradic

#956EA7 #A7796E #80A76E #6E9DA7

square

#956EA7 #A7796E #80A76E #6E9DA7

split-complementary

#956EA7 #9DA76E #6EA779

monochromatic

#543A60 #765286 #956EA7 #B194BE #CDBAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#956EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#956EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EA7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EA7	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c1',
    500: '#956ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ea7;
$custom-light: #b598c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 24.464,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5984,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EA7

secondary

#B4C4AC

accent

#C16783

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EA7

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

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