#956BDE#956BDE

#956BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.170 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BDE
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 40.90, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 66.93, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.0801 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.17 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8337, 22.1785, 71.7495)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BDE #B4DE6B

analogous

#6B7BDE #956BDE #CF6BDE

triadic

#956BDE #DE956B #6BDE95

tetradic

#956BDE #DE6B7B #B4DE6B #6BDECF

square

#956BDE #DE6B7B #B4DE6B #6BDECF

split-complementary

#956BDE #DECF6B #7BDE6B

monochromatic

#5626A9 #7139D3 #956BDE #B99DE9 #DDCFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#956BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#956BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BDE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BDE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4082E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.170 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896e9',
    500: '#956bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bde;
$custom-light: #b896e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.913,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62226,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BDE

secondary

#D8E6BF

accent

#CB1A8B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BDE

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

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