#956ECB#956ECB

#956ECB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.141 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ECB
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 34.46, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 54.92, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0742 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.141 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7474, 21.8532, 59.1919)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ECB #A4CB6E

analogous

#6E76CB #956ECB #C46ECB

triadic

#956ECB #CB956E #6ECB95

tetradic

#956ECB #CB6E76 #A4CB6E #6ECBC4

square

#956ECB #CB6E76 #A4CB6E #6ECBC4

split-complementary

#956ECB #CBC46E #76CB6E

monochromatic

#58328C #7442B9 #956ECB #B69BDB #D7C8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#956ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#956ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ECB

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ECB	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5380CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.141 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698db',
    500: '#956ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ecb;
$custom-light: #b698db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 47.208,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61637,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ECB

secondary

#CDDCB9

accent

#BA2B7E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ECB

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

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