#956BC6#956BC6

#956BC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.139 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC6
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 198)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 46%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 34.96, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 54.18, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0777 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.139 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8430, 20.9822, 55.9983)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC6 #9CC66B

analogous

#6B6FC6 #956BC6 #C26BC6

triadic

#956BC6 #C6956B #6BC695

tetradic

#956BC6 #C66B6F #9CC66B #6BC6C2

square

#956BC6 #C66B6F #9CC66B #6BC6C2

split-complementary

#956BC6 #C6C26B #6FC66B

monochromatic

#583384 #7644B0 #956BC6 #B597D7 #D4C3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#956BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#956BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC6	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.139 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d8',
    500: '#956bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc6;
$custom-light: #b696d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 44.39,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6085,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC6

secondary

#C8D8B5

accent

#D45499

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC6

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

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