#956CD4#956CD4

#956CD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.156 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CD4
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 212)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 37.82, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 60.99, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.078 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.156 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6379, 21.8680, 64.9341)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CD4 #ABD46C

analogous

#6C77D4 #956CD4 #C96CD4

triadic

#956CD4 #D4956C #6CD495

tetradic

#956CD4 #D46C77 #ABD46C #6CD4C9

square

#956CD4 #D46C77 #ABD46C #6CD4C9

split-complementary

#956CD4 #D4C96C #77D46C

monochromatic

#572D99 #733DC6 #956CD4 #B79BE2 #D9CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#956CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#956CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CD4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CD4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A80D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5480D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.156 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797e2',
    500: '#956cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cd4;
$custom-light: #b797e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 54.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61802,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CD4

secondary

#D2E1BB

accent

#C22384

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CD4

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

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