#956ACE#956ACE

#956ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.151 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ACE
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(266, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 37.47, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 59.07, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.08 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.151 302)
XYZ	xyz(28.6865, 21.1538, 60.9524)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ACE #A3CE6A

analogous

#6A71CE #956ACE #C76ACE

triadic

#956ACE #CE956A #6ACE95

tetradic

#956ACE #CE6A71 #A3CE6A #6ACEC7

square

#956ACE #CE6A71 #A3CE6A #6ACEC7

split-complementary

#956ACE #CEC76A #71CE6A

monochromatic

#582F8F #753EBD #956ACE #B698DD #D7C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#956ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#956ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ACE

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ACE	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.151 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b795dd',
    500: '#956ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ace;
$custom-light: #b795dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61124,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.21154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ACE

secondary

#CDDDB7

accent

#BE287D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ACE

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

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