#956BBF#956BBF

#956BBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.131 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BBF
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 191)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(270, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 44%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 33.29, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 50.46, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.0766 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.131 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0542, 20.6667, 51.8439)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BBF #95BF6B

analogous

#6B6BBF #956BBF #BF6BBF

triadic

#956BBF #BF956B #6BBF95

tetradic

#956BBF #BF6B6B #95BF6B #6BBFBF

square

#956BBF #BF6B6B #95BF6B #6BBFBF

split-complementary

#956BBF #BFBF6B #6BBF6B

monochromatic

#58357B #7647A5 #956BBF #B496D1 #D2C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#956BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#956BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BBF

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BBF	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F798C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.131 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d2',
    500: '#956bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bbf;
$custom-light: #b696d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60476,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BBF

secondary

#C3D4B2

accent

#D05894

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BBF

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

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