#957BAA#957BAA

#957BAA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.075 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#957BAA
RGB	rgb(149, 123, 170)
HSL	hsl(273, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 19.23, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 28.65, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0478 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.075 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7318, 23.4580, 41.1420)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#957BAA #90AA7B

analogous

#7D7BAA #957BAA #AA7BA8

triadic

#957BAA #AA957B #7BAA95

tetradic

#957BAA #AA7D7B #90AA7B #7BA8AA

square

#957BAA #AA7D7B #90AA7B #7BA8AA

split-complementary

#957BAA #A8AA7B #7BAA7D

monochromatic

#574368 #775B8D #957BAA #B3A0C2 #D1C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#957BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#957BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #957BAA

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##957BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##957BAA	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7384AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7885A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #957baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 123, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.075 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a1c3',
    500: '#957baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #957baa;
$custom-light: #b4a1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#957baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 21.659,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#957BAA

secondary

#BFCAB7

accent

#BE6A8F

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #957BAA

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

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