#956CDD#956CDD

#956CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.167 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CDD
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 40.09, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 65.78, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0788 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.167 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8050, 22.3348, 71.0807)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CDD #B4DD6C

analogous

#6C7CDD #956CDD #CE6CDD

triadic

#956CDD #DD956C #6CDD95

tetradic

#956CDD #DD6C7C #B4DD6C #6CDDCE

square

#956CDD #DD6C7C #B4DD6C #6CDDCE

split-complementary

#956CDD #DDCE6C #7CDD6C

monochromatic

#5627A8 #713AD2 #956CDD #B99EE8 #DDCFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#956CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#956CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CDD

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CDD	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4382E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.167 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797e8',
    500: '#956cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cdd;
$custom-light: #b797e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CDD

secondary

#D8E6BF

accent

#CA1B8B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CDD

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

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