#956ECE#956ECE

#956ECE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.145 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ECE
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 46.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 35.20, -44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 56.52, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0746 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.145 301)
XYZ	xyz(29.1084, 21.9976, 61.0930)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ECE #A7CE6E

analogous

#6E77CE #956ECE #C56ECE

triadic

#956ECE #CE956E #6ECE95

tetradic

#956ECE #CE6E77 #A7CE6E #6ECEC5

square

#956ECE #CE6E77 #A7CE6E #6ECEC5

split-complementary

#956ECE #CEC56E #77CE6E

monochromatic

#583191 #7440BE #956ECE #B69CDD #D8C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#956ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#956ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ECE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ECE	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5281D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.145 301.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61802,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.21998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ECE

secondary

#CFDEBA

accent

#BD2981

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ECE

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

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