#956F99#956F99

#956F99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.077 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956F99
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 153)
HSL	hsl(294, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 27%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 22.58, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 28.22, 323.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0614 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.077 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8280, 20.0590, 32.7474)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#956F99 #73996F

analogous

#806F99 #956F99 #996F88

triadic

#956F99 #99956F #6F9995

tetradic

#956F99 #99806F #73996F #6F8899

square

#956F99 #99806F #73996F #6F8899

split-complementary

#956F99 #88996F #6F9980

monochromatic

#513B53 #735477 #956F99 #AF93B2 #CAB7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#956F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#956F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956F99

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956F99	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B799B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.077 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b498b7',
    500: '#956f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956f99;
$custom-light: #b498b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59425,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956F99

secondary

#AABBA9

accent

#BA6E75

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #956F99

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

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