#956CBF#956CBF

#956CBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.129 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CBF
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 191)
HSL	hsl(270, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 43.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 32.72, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 49.81, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.0751 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.129 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1590, 20.8764, 51.8789)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CBF #96BF6C

analogous

#6C6CBF #956CBF #BE6CBF

triadic

#956CBF #BF956C #6CBF95

tetradic

#956CBF #BF6C6C #96BF6C #6CBFBE

square

#956CBF #BF6C6C #96BF6C #6CBFBE

split-complementary

#956CBF #BFBE6C #6CBF6C

monochromatic

#58367B #7648A6 #956CBF #B497D2 #D2C1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#956CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#956CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CBF

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CBF	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.129 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b697d2',
    500: '#956cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cbf;
$custom-light: #b697d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.639,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6065,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CBF

secondary

#C4D4B3

accent

#CF5995

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CBF

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

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