#956CBB#956CBB

#956CBB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.124 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CBB
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 42.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, 31.78, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 47.69, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.0744 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.124 307)
XYZ	xyz(26.7249, 20.7028, 49.5922)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CBB #92BB6C

analogous

#6D6CBB #956CBB #BB6CB9

triadic

#956CBB #BB956C #6CBB95

tetradic

#956CBB #BB6D6C #92BB6C #6CB9BB

square

#956CBB #BB6D6C #92BB6C #6CB9BB

split-complementary

#956CBB #B9BB6C #6CBB6D

monochromatic

#583776 #774AA0 #956CBB #B396CE #D1C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#956CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#956CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CBB

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CBB	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90788A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.124 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b597d0',
    500: '#956cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cbb;
$custom-light: #b597d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.20703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CBB

secondary

#C1D1B2

accent

#CD5B92

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CBB

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

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