#956ADA#956ADA

#956ADA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.166 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ADA
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 218)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 51.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 40.45, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 65.43, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.0811 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.166 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2003, 21.7593, 68.9250)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ADA #AFDA6A

analogous

#6A77DA #956ADA #CD6ADA

triadic

#956ADA #DA956A #6ADA95

tetradic

#956ADA #DA6A77 #AFDA6A #6ADACD

square

#956ADA #DA6A77 #AFDA6A #6ADACD

split-complementary

#956ADA #DACD6A #77DA6A

monochromatic

#5728A1 #7239CE #956ADA #B89BE6 #DBCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#956ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#956ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ADA

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ADA	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4280DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.166 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796e6',
    500: '#956ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ada;
$custom-light: #b796e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.036,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61823,
    "c": 0.16624,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ADA

secondary

#D5E4BC

accent

#C81E87

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ADA

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

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