#956BC4#956BC4

#956BC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.137 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC4
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 196)
HSL	hsl(268, 43%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 45.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 34.48, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 53.12, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0774 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.137 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6138, 20.8906, 54.7914)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC4 #9AC46B

analogous

#6B6EC4 #956BC4 #C26BC4

triadic

#956BC4 #C4956B #6BC495

tetradic

#956BC4 #C46B6E #9AC46B #6BC4C2

square

#956BC4 #C46B6E #9AC46B #6BC4C2

split-complementary

#956BC4 #C4C26B #6EC46B

monochromatic

#583381 #7645AD #956BC4 #B497D5 #D4C3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#956BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#956BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC4	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.137 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d6',
    500: '#956bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc4;
$custom-light: #b696d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 42.995,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60742,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC4

secondary

#C6D7B4

accent

#D35597

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC4

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

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