#956DDB#956DDB

#956DDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.163 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DDB
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 39.02, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 64.09, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.0773 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.163 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6462, 22.4410, 69.7211)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DDB #B3DB6D

analogous

#6D7CDB #956DDB #CC6DDB

triadic

#956DDB #DB956D #6DDB95

tetradic

#956DDB #DB6D7C #B3DB6D #6DDBCC

square

#956DDB #DB6D7C #B3DB6D #6DDBCC

split-complementary

#956DDB #DBCC6D #7CDB6D

monochromatic

#5629A5 #713CCF #956DDB #B99EE7 #DCCFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#956DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#956DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DDB

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DDB	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4682DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.163 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798e7',
    500: '#956ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ddb;
$custom-light: #b798e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62377,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DDB

secondary

#D7E5BF

accent

#C81D8A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DDB

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

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