#956ADD#956ADD

#956ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.170 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ADD
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 52%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 41.21, -52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 67.02, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0813 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.17 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5964, 21.9178, 71.0112)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ADD #B2DD6A

analogous

#6A79DD #956ADD #CF6ADD

triadic

#956ADD #DD956A #6ADD95

tetradic

#956ADD #DD6A79 #B2DD6A #6ADDCF

square

#956ADD #DD6A79 #B2DD6A #6ADDCF

split-complementary

#956ADD #DDCF6A #79DD6A

monochromatic

#5626A7 #7238D2 #956ADD #B89CE8 #DCCEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#956ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#956ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ADD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ADD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F81E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.170 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896e8',
    500: '#956add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956add;
$custom-light: #b896e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.435,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ADD

secondary

#D6E5BD

accent

#CB1B89

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ADD

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

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