#956FAC#956FAC

#956FAC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FAC
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 172)
HSL	hsl(277, 27%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 26.63, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 37.81, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0667 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.1 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5240, 20.7374, 41.6798)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FAC #86AC6F

analogous

#766FAC #956FAC #AC6FA4

triadic

#956FAC #AC956F #6FAC95

tetradic

#956FAC #AC766F #86AC6F #6FA4AC

square

#956FAC #AC766F #86AC6F #6FA4AC

split-complementary

#956FAC #A4AC6F #6FAC76

monochromatic

#563B66 #76518D #956FAC #B296C2 #CEBDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#956FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#956FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FAC

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FAC	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b599c5',
    500: '#956fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fac;
$custom-light: #b599c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 26.872,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60251,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FAC

secondary

#B8C8AF

accent

#C36588

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FAC

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

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