#956EB2#956EB2

#956EB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.109 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EB2
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 28.55, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 41.62, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0697 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.109 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0048, 20.7561, 44.7472)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EB2 #8BB26E

analogous

#736EB2 #956EB2 #B26EAD

triadic

#956EB2 #B2956E #6EB295

tetradic

#956EB2 #B2736E #8BB26E #6EADB2

square

#956EB2 #B2736E #8BB26E #6EADB2

split-complementary

#956EB2 #ADB26E #6EB273

monochromatic

#57396C #774F94 #956EB2 #B296C7 #CFBEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#956EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#956EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EB2

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EB2	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.109 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598c9',
    500: '#956eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eb2;
$custom-light: #b598c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 30.631,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60352,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EB2

secondary

#BCCCB0

accent

#C7618C

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EB2

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

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