#956BDD#956BDD

#956BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.168 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BDD
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 40.65, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 66.40, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0801 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.168 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7001, 22.1251, 71.0457)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BDD #B3DD6B

analogous

#6B7ADD #956BDD #CE6BDD

triadic

#956BDD #DD956B #6BDD95

tetradic

#956BDD #DD6B7A #B3DD6B #6BDDCE

square

#956BDD #DD6B7A #B3DD6B #6BDDCE

split-complementary

#956BDD #DDCE6B #7ADD6B

monochromatic

#5626A7 #7139D2 #956BDD #B99DE8 #DCCFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#956BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#956BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BDD

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BDD	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4182E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.168 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796e8',
    500: '#956bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bdd;
$custom-light: #b796e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62166,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BDD

secondary

#D7E6BE

accent

#CA1B8A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BDD

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

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