#956BC5#956BC5

#956BC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.138 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC5
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 197)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 45.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 34.72, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 53.65, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.0775 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.138 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7280, 20.9363, 55.3928)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC5 #9BC56B

analogous

#6B6EC5 #956BC5 #C26BC5

triadic

#956BC5 #C5956B #6BC595

tetradic

#956BC5 #C56B6E #9BC56B #6BC5C2

square

#956BC5 #C56B6E #9BC56B #6BC5C2

split-complementary

#956BC5 #C5C26B #6EC56B

monochromatic

#583382 #7644AE #956BC5 #B497D6 #D4C3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#956BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#956BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC5

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC5	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.138 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d7',
    500: '#956bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc5;
$custom-light: #b696d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60795,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC5

secondary

#C7D7B4

accent

#D35498

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC5

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

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