#956ECD#956ECD

#956ECD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.143 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ECD
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(265, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 46.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 34.95, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 55.99, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0745 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.143 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9873, 21.9491, 60.4552)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ECD #A6CD6E

analogous

#6E77CD #956ECD #C56ECD

triadic

#956ECD #CD956E #6ECD95

tetradic

#956ECD #CD6E77 #A6CD6E #6ECDC5

square

#956ECD #CD6E77 #A6CD6E #6ECDC5

split-complementary

#956ECD #CDC56E #77CD6E

monochromatic

#58318F #7441BD #956ECD #B69CDD #D8C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#956ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#956ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ECD

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ECD	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5280D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.143 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698dd',
    500: '#956ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ecd;
$custom-light: #b698dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61747,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ECD

secondary

#CFDDBA

accent

#BC2980

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ECD

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

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