#956EBA#956EBA

#956EBA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.119 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EBA
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 186)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 30.39, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 45.85, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.0713 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.119 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8315, 21.0868, 49.1015)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EBA #93BA6E

analogous

#6F6EBA #956EBA #BA6EB9

triadic

#956EBA #BA956E #6EBA95

tetradic

#956EBA #BA6F6E #93BA6E #6EB9BA

square

#956EBA #BA6F6E #93BA6E #6EB9BA

split-complementary

#956EBA #B9BA6E #6EBA6F

monochromatic

#583876 #764C9F #956EBA #B397CE #D2C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#956EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#956EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EBA

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EBA	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.119 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b598cf',
    500: '#956eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eba;
$custom-light: #b598cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.789,
    "s": 35.514,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60746,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EBA

secondary

#C1D1B3

accent

#CC5C92

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EBA

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

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