#956EA8#956EA8

#956EA8 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.096 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EA8
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 168)
HSL	hsl(280, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 34.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 26.33, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 36.41, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0672 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.096 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0371, 20.3690, 39.6509)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EA8 #81A86E

analogous

#786EA8 #956EA8 #A86E9E

triadic

#956EA8 #A8956E #6EA895

tetradic

#956EA8 #A8786E #81A86E #6E9EA8

square

#956EA8 #A8786E #81A86E #6E9EA8

split-complementary

#956EA8 #9EA86E #6EA878

monochromatic

#553A61 #765188 #956EA8 #B194BF #CDBBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#956EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#956EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EA8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EA8	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#657AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.096 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c2',
    500: '#956ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ea8;
$custom-light: #b598c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.345,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59885,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EA8

secondary

#B5C5AD

accent

#C16684

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EA8

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

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