#956BC3#956BC3

#956BC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.136 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC3
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 195)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 45.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 34.24, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 52.59, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.0772 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.136 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5004, 20.8452, 54.1939)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC3 #99C36B

analogous

#6B6DC3 #956BC3 #C16BC3

triadic

#956BC3 #C3956B #6BC395

tetradic

#956BC3 #C36B6D #99C36B #6BC3C1

square

#956BC3 #C36B6D #99C36B #6BC3C1

split-complementary

#956BC3 #C3C16B #6DC36B

monochromatic

#583480 #7645AB #956BC3 #B497D5 #D3C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#956BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#956BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.136 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d5',
    500: '#956bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc3;
$custom-light: #b696d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 42.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60688,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC3

secondary

#C6D6B4

accent

#D25697

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC3

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

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