#956CCE#956CCE

#956CCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.148 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CCE
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 47.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 36.34, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 57.80, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.0773 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.148 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8950, 21.5708, 61.0219)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CCE #A5CE6C

analogous

#6C74CE #956CCE #C66CCE

triadic

#956CCE #CE956C #6CCE95

tetradic

#956CCE #CE6C74 #A5CE6C #6CCEC6

square

#956CCE #CE6C74 #A5CE6C #6CCEC6

split-complementary

#956CCE #CEC66C #74CE6C

monochromatic

#583090 #743FBE #956CCE #B69ADD #D7C8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#956CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#956CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CCE

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CCE	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.148 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b697dd',
    500: '#956cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cce;
$custom-light: #b697dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61461,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CCE

secondary

#CEDDB9

accent

#BD287F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CCE

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

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