#956BD2#956BD2

#956BD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.155 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BD2
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 37.89, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 60.56, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.0791 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.155 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2823, 21.5580, 63.5787)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BD2 #A8D26B

analogous

#6B75D2 #956BD2 #C96BD2

triadic

#956BD2 #D2956B #6BD295

tetradic

#956BD2 #D26B75 #A8D26B #6BD2C9

square

#956BD2 #D26B75 #A8D26B #6BD2C9

split-complementary

#956BD2 #D2C96B #75D26B

monochromatic

#582D95 #733CC4 #956BD2 #B79AE0 #D8C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#956BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#956BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BD2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BD2	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.155 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796e0',
    500: '#956bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bd2;
$custom-light: #b796e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BD2

secondary

#D0DFB9

accent

#C12581

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BD2

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

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