#956BDB#956BDB

#956BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.166 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BDB
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 51.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 40.14, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 65.34, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0799 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.166 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4352, 22.0191, 69.6508)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BDB #B1DB6B

analogous

#6B79DB #956BDB #CD6BDB

triadic

#956BDB #DB956B #6BDB95

tetradic

#956BDB #DB6B79 #B1DB6B #6BDBCD

square

#956BDB #DB6B79 #B1DB6B #6BDBCD

split-complementary

#956BDB #DBCD6B #79DB6B

monochromatic

#5628A4 #723ACF #956BDB #B89CE7 #DCCDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#956BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#956BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BDB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BDB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4381DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.166 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796e7',
    500: '#956bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bdb;
$custom-light: #b796e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62046,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BDB

secondary

#D6E5BD

accent

#C91D88

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BDB

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

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