#956DCD#956DCD

#956DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.145 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DCD
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(265, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 35.52, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 56.63, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0758 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.145 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8800, 21.7346, 60.4195)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DCD #A5CD6D

analogous

#6D75CD #956DCD #C56DCD

triadic

#956DCD #CD956D #6DCD95

tetradic

#956DCD #CD6D75 #A5CD6D #6DCDC5

square

#956DCD #CD6D75 #A5CD6D #6DCDC5

split-complementary

#956DCD #CDC56D #75CD6D

monochromatic

#58318F #7440BC #956DCD #B69BDD #D7C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#956DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#956DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DCD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DCD	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5180D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.145 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b697dd',
    500: '#956dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dcd;
$custom-light: #b697dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61576,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DCD

secondary

#CEDDB9

accent

#BC297F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DCD

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

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