#956CD3#956CD3

#956CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.154 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CD3
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 37.57, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 60.46, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0779 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.154 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5121, 21.8177, 64.2718)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CD3 #AAD36C

analogous

#6C77D3 #956CD3 #C86CD3

triadic

#956CD3 #D3956C #6CD395

tetradic

#956CD3 #D36C77 #AAD36C #6CD3C8

square

#956CD3 #D36C77 #AAD36C #6CD3C8

split-complementary

#956CD3 #D3C86C #77D36C

monochromatic

#572D97 #733DC5 #956CD3 #B79BE1 #D9CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#956CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#956CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CD3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CD3	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B80D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.154 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797e1',
    500: '#956cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cd3;
$custom-light: #b797e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CD3

secondary

#D1E0BB

accent

#C12483

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CD3

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

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