#956AC8#956AC8

#956AC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.144 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AC8
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 36.01, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 55.88, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0793 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.144 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9715, 20.8678, 57.1867)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AC8 #9DC86A

analogous

#6A6EC8 #956AC8 #C46AC8

triadic

#956AC8 #C8956A #6AC895

tetradic

#956AC8 #C86A6E #9DC86A #6AC8C4

square

#956AC8 #C86A6E #9DC86A #6AC8C4

split-complementary

#956AC8 #C8C46A #6EC86A

monochromatic

#583286 #7642B3 #956AC8 #B597D8 #D5C3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#956AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#956AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AC8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AC8	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.144 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b695d9',
    500: '#956ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ac8;
$custom-light: #b695d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.447,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60789,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AC8

secondary

#C8D9B5

accent

#D6529A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AC8

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

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