#956BC0#956BC0

#956BC0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.132 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC0
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 192)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 44.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 33.52, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 50.99, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0767 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.132 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1646, 20.7109, 52.4255)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC0 #96C06B

analogous

#6B6BC0 #956BC0 #BF6BC0

triadic

#956BC0 #C0956B #6BC095

tetradic

#956BC0 #C06B6B #96C06B #6BC0BF

square

#956BC0 #C06B6B #96C06B #6BC0BF

split-complementary

#956BC0 #C0BF6B #6BC06B

monochromatic

#58357C #7647A7 #956BC0 #B496D2 #D2C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#956BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#956BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC0

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC0	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E798C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.132 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d3',
    500: '#956bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc0;
$custom-light: #b696d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.647,
    "s": 40.284,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60528,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC0

secondary

#C4D4B3

accent

#D05895

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC0

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

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