#7956B2#7956B2

#7956B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.142 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7956B2
RGB	rgb(121, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 51.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 34.39, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 55.80, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.0689 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.142 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2469, 13.9347, 43.7865)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7956B2 #8FB256

analogous

#5661B2 #7956B2 #A756B2

triadic

#7956B2 #B27956 #56B279

tetradic

#7956B2 #B25661 #8FB256 #56B2A7

square

#7956B2 #B25661 #8FB256 #56B2A7

split-complementary

#7956B2 #B2A756 #61B256

monochromatic

#402C61 #5C3F8B #7956B2 #9A80C5 #BCAAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#7956B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#7956B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7956B2

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7956B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7956B2	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3568B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E68B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D687C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7956b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.142 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a386c9',
    500: '#7956b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7956b2;
$custom-light: #a386c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7956b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.826,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53266,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7956B2

secondary

#B7C69E

accent

#CD5AA2

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4EFF8

border

#CECAD1

text

#0F0B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7956B2

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

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