#956DDA#956DDA

#956DDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.162 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DDA
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 218)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 50%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 38.76, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 63.56, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.0772 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.162 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5149, 22.3885, 69.0298)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DDA #B2DA6D

analogous

#6D7CDA #956DDA #CB6DDA

triadic

#956DDA #DA956D #6DDA95

tetradic

#956DDA #DA6D7C #B2DA6D #6DDACB

square

#956DDA #DA6D7C #B2DA6D #6DDACB

split-complementary

#956DDA #DACB6D #7CDA6D

monochromatic

#5629A3 #723CCE #956DDA #B89EE6 #DCCFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#956DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#956DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DDA

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DDA	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4782DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.162 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798e6',
    500: '#956dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dda;
$custom-light: #b798e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 59.563,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DDA

secondary

#D6E4BE

accent

#C71E89

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DDA

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

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