#956CDB#956CDB

#956CDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.164 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CDB
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 39.58, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 64.72, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0786 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.164 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5401, 22.2289, 69.6857)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CDB #B2DB6C

analogous

#6C7BDB #956CDB #CD6CDB

triadic

#956CDB #DB956C #6CDB95

tetradic

#956CDB #DB6C7B #B2DB6C #6CDBCD

square

#956CDB #DB6C7B #B2DB6C #6CDBCD

split-complementary

#956CDB #DBCD6C #7BDB6C

monochromatic

#5628A4 #723BCF #956CDB #B89DE7 #DCCEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#956CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#956CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CDB

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CDB	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4482DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.164 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797e7',
    500: '#956cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cdb;
$custom-light: #b797e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62211,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CDB

secondary

#D6E5BE

accent

#C81D89

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CDB

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

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