#956CD2#956CD2

#956CD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.153 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CD2
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 210)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 48.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 37.32, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 59.93, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.0778 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.153 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3872, 21.7677, 63.6136)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CD2 #A9D26C

analogous

#6C76D2 #956CD2 #C86CD2

triadic

#956CD2 #D2956C #6CD295

tetradic

#956CD2 #D26C76 #A9D26C #6CD2C8

square

#956CD2 #D26C76 #A9D26C #6CD2C8

split-complementary

#956CD2 #D2C86C #76D26C

monochromatic

#582E96 #733DC4 #956CD2 #B79BE0 #D9CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#956CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#956CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CD2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CD2	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C80D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5680CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.153 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797e0',
    500: '#956cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cd2;
$custom-light: #b797e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61688,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CD2

secondary

#D1E0BA

accent

#C12582

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CD2

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

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