#956CD7#956CD7

#956CD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.159 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CD7
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 38.57, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 62.59, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0783 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.159 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0198, 22.0208, 66.9457)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CD7 #AED76C

analogous

#6C78D7 #956CD7 #CA6CD7

triadic

#956CD7 #D7956C #6CD795

tetradic

#956CD7 #D76C78 #AED76C #6CD7CA

square

#956CD7 #D76C78 #AED76C #6CD7CA

split-complementary

#956CD7 #D7CA6C #78D76C

monochromatic

#572B9E #723CCA #956CD7 #B89CE4 #DACCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#956CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#956CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CD7

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CD7	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4881DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.159 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797e4',
    500: '#956cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cd7;
$custom-light: #b797e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 57.219,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61976,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CD7

secondary

#D4E2BC

accent

#C52186

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CD7

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

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