#956ABE#956ABE

#956ABE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.131 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ABE
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 190)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 44.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 33.62, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 50.58, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0779 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.131 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8409, 20.4155, 51.2318)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ABE #93BE6A

analogous

#6B6ABE #956ABE #BE6ABD

triadic

#956ABE #BE956A #6ABE95

tetradic

#956ABE #BE6B6A #93BE6A #6ABDBE

square

#956ABE #BE6B6A #93BE6A #6ABDBE

split-complementary

#956ABE #BDBE6A #6ABE6B

monochromatic

#583579 #7647A3 #956ABE #B395D1 #D2BFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#956ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#956ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ABE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ABE	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F788B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.131 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b695d2',
    500: '#956abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956abe;
$custom-light: #b695d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6025,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ABE

secondary

#C1D3B1

accent

#CF5992

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ABE

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

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