#956DD7#956DD7

#956DD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.158 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DD7
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 38.01, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 61.96, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.077 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.158 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1259, 22.2329, 66.9810)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DD7 #AFD76D

analogous

#6D7AD7 #956DD7 #CA6DD7

triadic

#956DD7 #D7956D #6DD795

tetradic

#956DD7 #D76D7A #AFD76D #6DD7CA

square

#956DD7 #D76D7A #AFD76D #6DD7CA

split-complementary

#956DD7 #D7CA6D #7AD76D

monochromatic

#572B9E #723DCA #956DD7 #B89DE4 #DBCDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#956DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#956DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DD7

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DD7	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4982DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.158 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798e4',
    500: '#956dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dd7;
$custom-light: #b798e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 56.989,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62143,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DD7

secondary

#D5E3BD

accent

#C52187

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DD7

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

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