#956BC2#956BC2

#956BC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.134 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC2
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 34.00, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 52.06, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.0771 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.134 305)
XYZ	xyz(27.3877, 20.8001, 53.6005)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC2 #98C26B

analogous

#6B6DC2 #956BC2 #C16BC2

triadic

#956BC2 #C2956B #6BC295

tetradic

#956BC2 #C26B6D #98C26B #6BC2C1

square

#956BC2 #C26B6D #98C26B #6BC2C1

split-complementary

#956BC2 #C2C16B #6DC26B

monochromatic

#58347E #7646AA #956BC2 #B496D4 #D3C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#956BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#956BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC2	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.134 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d5',
    500: '#956bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc2;
$custom-light: #b696d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC2

secondary

#C5D5B3

accent

#D15696

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC2

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

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