#7956E5#7956E5

#7956E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.206 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7956E5
RGB	rgb(121, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(255, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 48.30, -67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 83.36, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0686 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.206 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3518, 16.3767, 75.9388)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7956E5 #C2E556

analogous

#567BE5 #7956E5 #C056E5

triadic

#7956E5 #E57956 #56E579

tetradic

#7956E5 #E5567B #C2E556 #56E5C0

square

#7956E5 #E5567B #C2E556 #56E5C0

split-complementary

#7956E5 #E5C056 #7BE556

monochromatic

#3C1AA7 #4F22DC #7956E5 #A38BED #CDC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#7956E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#7956E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7956E5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7956E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7956E5	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#567896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7956e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.206 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a887ee',
    500: '#7956e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7956e5;
$custom-light: #a887ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7956e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.685,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5677,
    "c": 0.20617,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7956E5

secondary

#D9E6B1

accent

#D510A5

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F4F0FD

border

#CECBD5

text

#100B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7956E5

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

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