#956DC7#956DC7

#956DC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.137 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DC7
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 199)
HSL	hsl(267, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 34.06, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 53.43, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.075 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.137 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1696, 21.4504, 56.6781)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DC7 #9FC76D

analogous

#6D72C7 #956DC7 #C26DC7

triadic

#956DC7 #C7956D #6DC795

tetradic

#956DC7 #C76D72 #9FC76D #6DC7C2

square

#956DC7 #C76D72 #9FC76D #6DC7C2

split-complementary

#956DC7 #C7C26D #72C76D

monochromatic

#583386 #7544B2 #956DC7 #B599D8 #D5C5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#956DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#956DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DC7

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DC7	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.137 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b697d8',
    500: '#956dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dc7;
$custom-light: #b697d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61248,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DC7

secondary

#CAD9B7

accent

#B82E7A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DC7

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

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