#956DCC#956DCC

#956DCC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.144 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DCC
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 46.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 35.28, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 56.09, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.0757 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.144 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7597, 21.6864, 59.7858)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DCC #A4CC6D

analogous

#6D75CC #956DCC #C56DCC

triadic

#956DCC #CC956D #6DCC95

tetradic

#956DCC #CC6D75 #A4CC6D #6DCCC5

square

#956DCC #CC6D75 #A4CC6D #6DCCC5

split-complementary

#956DCC #CCC56D #75CC6D

monochromatic

#58318D #7441BB #956DCC #B69ADC #D7C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#956DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#956DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DCC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DCC	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5180CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.144 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b697dc',
    500: '#956dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dcc;
$custom-light: #b697dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 48.223,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DCC

secondary

#CDDCB9

accent

#BC2A7E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DCC

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

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