#956BC7#956BC7

#956BC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.141 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC7
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 199)
HSL	hsl(267, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 35.20, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 54.71, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.0778 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.141 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9587, 21.0285, 56.6077)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC7 #9DC76B

analogous

#6B6FC7 #956BC7 #C36BC7

triadic

#956BC7 #C7956B #6BC795

tetradic

#956BC7 #C76B6F #9DC76B #6BC7C3

square

#956BC7 #C76B6F #9DC76B #6BC7C3

split-complementary

#956BC7 #C7C36B #6FC76B

monochromatic

#583285 #7643B2 #956BC7 #B597D8 #D5C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#956BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#956BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC7

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC7	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.141 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d8',
    500: '#956bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc7;
$custom-light: #b696d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60904,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC7

secondary

#C8D9B5

accent

#D5539A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC7

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

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