#956BBB#956BBB

#956BBB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.125 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BBB
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 42.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 32.35, -35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 48.35, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.0759 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.125 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6200, 20.4931, 49.5573)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BBB #91BB6B

analogous

#6D6BBB #956BBB #BB6BB9

triadic

#956BBB #BB956B #6BBB95

tetradic

#956BBB #BB6D6B #91BB6B #6BB9BB

square

#956BBB #BB6D6B #91BB6B #6BB9BB

split-complementary

#956BBB #B9BB6B #6BBB6D

monochromatic

#573676 #7749A0 #956BBB #B395CE #D1BFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#956BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#956BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BBB

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BBB	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90788A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.125 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b596d0',
    500: '#956bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bbb;
$custom-light: #b596d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60268,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BBB

secondary

#C0D1B1

accent

#CD5B91

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BBB

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

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