#956BCB#956BCB

#956BCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.146 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BCB
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(266, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 47.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 36.17, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 56.84, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.0783 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.146 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4292, 21.2167, 59.0858)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BCB #A1CB6B

analogous

#6B71CB #956BCB #C56BCB

triadic

#956BCB #CB956B #6BCB95

tetradic

#956BCB #CB6B71 #A1CB6B #6BCBC5

square

#956BCB #CB6B71 #A1CB6B #6BCBC5

split-complementary

#956BCB #CBC56B #71CB6B

monochromatic

#58318B #7541B8 #956BCB #B598DB #D6C6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#956BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#956BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BCB

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BCB	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.146 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696db',
    500: '#956bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bcb;
$custom-light: #b696db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61125,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BCB

secondary

#CBDBB7

accent

#BB2A7C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BCB

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

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