#956BC1#956BC1

#956BC1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.133 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC1
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 193)
HSL	hsl(269, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 44.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 33.76, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 51.52, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.0769 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.133 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2758, 20.7554, 53.0110)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC1 #97C16B

analogous

#6B6CC1 #956BC1 #C06BC1

triadic

#956BC1 #C1956B #6BC195

tetradic

#956BC1 #C16B6C #97C16B #6BC1C0

square

#956BC1 #C16B6C #97C16B #6BC1C0

split-complementary

#956BC1 #C1C06B #6CC16B

monochromatic

#58347D #7647A8 #956BC1 #B496D3 #D3C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#956BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#956BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC1

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC1	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E798D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.133 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d4',
    500: '#956bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc1;
$custom-light: #b696d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 40.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60581,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC1

secondary

#C4D5B3

accent

#D15795

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC1

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

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