#956BB1#956BB1

#956BB1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.113 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BB1
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 177)
HSL	hsl(276, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 40%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 30.06, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 43.09, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0739 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.113 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5865, 20.0797, 44.1143)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BB1 #87B16B

analogous

#726BB1 #956BB1 #B16BAA

triadic

#956BB1 #B1956B #6BB195

tetradic

#956BB1 #B1726B #87B16B #6BAAB1

square

#956BB1 #B1726B #87B16B #6BAAB1

split-complementary

#956BB1 #AAB16B #6BB172

monochromatic

#56386A #764D92 #956BB1 #B293C6 #CEBBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#956BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#956BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BB1

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BB1	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.113 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b596c8',
    500: '#956bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bb1;
$custom-light: #b596c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BB1

secondary

#B9CAAD

accent

#C7618A

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BB1

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

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