#956DCE#956DCE

#956DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.146 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DCE
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(265, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 35.77, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 57.16, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.076 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.146 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0011, 21.7830, 61.0572)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DCE #A6CE6D

analogous

#6D76CE #956DCE #C66DCE

triadic

#956DCE #CE956D #6DCE95

tetradic

#956DCE #CE6D76 #A6CE6D #6DCEC6

square

#956DCE #CE6D76 #A6CE6D #6DCEC6

split-complementary

#956DCE #CEC66D #76CE6D

monochromatic

#583090 #7440BE #956DCE #B69BDD #D8C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#956DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#956DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DCE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DCE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5080D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.146 301.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.742,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61631,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DCE

secondary

#CFDDB9

accent

#BD2880

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DCE

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

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