#7956C8#7956C8

#7956C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.170 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7956C8
RGB	rgb(121, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.48, 40.28, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.48, 67.83, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.0698 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.17 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6355, 14.8902, 56.3666)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7956C8 #A5C856

analogous

#566CC8 #7956C8 #B256C8

triadic

#7956C8 #C87956 #56C879

tetradic

#7956C8 #C8566C #A5C856 #56C8B2

square

#7956C8 #C8566C #A5C856 #56C8B2

split-complementary

#7956C8 #C8B256 #6CC856

monochromatic

#42287B #5A37AA #7956C8 #9E84D7 #C2B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#7956C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#7956C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7956C8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7956C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7956C8	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#176DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7956c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.170 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a487d9',
    500: '#7956c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7956c8;
$custom-light: #a487d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7956c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.421,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54693,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7956C8

secondary

#C6D4A5

accent

#DA4DAF

background

#FAF8FD

surface

#F4EFFB

border

#CECAD4

text

#100B15

muted

#7F7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7956C8

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

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