#956BCE#956BCE

#956BCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.150 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BCE
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 36.90, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 58.43, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0787 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.15 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7902, 21.3611, 60.9869)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BCE #A4CE6B

analogous

#6B73CE #956BCE #C76BCE

triadic

#956BCE #CE956B #6BCE95

tetradic

#956BCE #CE6B73 #A4CE6B #6BCEC7

square

#956BCE #CE6B73 #A4CE6B #6BCEC7

split-complementary

#956BCE #CEC76B #73CE6B

monochromatic

#582F8F #743FBD #956BCE #B699DD #D7C7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#956BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#956BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BCE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BCE	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.150 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696dd',
    500: '#956bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bce;
$custom-light: #b696dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61292,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BCE

secondary

#CDDDB8

accent

#BE287E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BCE

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

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