#956DCF#956DCF

#956DCF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.148 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DCF
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 207)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 47.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 36.01, -45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 57.69, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.0761 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.148 301)
XYZ	xyz(29.1230, 21.8317, 61.6990)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DCF #A7CF6D

analogous

#6D76CF #956DCF #C66DCF

triadic

#956DCF #CF956D #6DCF95

tetradic

#956DCF #CF6D76 #A7CF6D #6DCFC6

square

#956DCF #CF6D76 #A7CF6D #6DCFC6

split-complementary

#956DCF #CFC66D #76CF6D

monochromatic

#583092 #743FC0 #956DCF #B69BDE #D8C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#956DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#956DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DCF

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DCF	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F80D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.148 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b697de',
    500: '#956dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dcf;
$custom-light: #b697de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 50.515,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61687,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.21832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DCF

secondary

#CFDEBA

accent

#BE2881

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DCF

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

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