#956BC8#956BC8

#956BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.142 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BC8
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 35.44, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 55.24, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0779 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.142 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0752, 21.0751, 57.2212)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BC8 #9EC86B

analogous

#6B6FC8 #956BC8 #C46BC8

triadic

#956BC8 #C8956B #6BC895

tetradic

#956BC8 #C86B6F #9EC86B #6BC8C4

square

#956BC8 #C86B6F #9EC86B #6BC8C4

split-complementary

#956BC8 #C8C46B #6FC86B

monochromatic

#583287 #7543B3 #956BC8 #B598D9 #D5C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#956BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#956BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BC8

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BC8	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)

#517ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.142 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696d9',
    500: '#956bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bc8;
$custom-light: #b696d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60959,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BC8

secondary

#C9D9B6

accent

#B92C7A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BC8

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

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