#956ECF#956ECF

#956ECF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.146 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956ECF
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 207)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 46.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 35.44, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 57.06, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0747 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.146 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2303, 22.0463, 61.7348)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956ECF #A8CF6E

analogous

#6E78CF #956ECF #C66ECF

triadic

#956ECF #CF956E #6ECF95

tetradic

#956ECF #CF6E78 #A8CF6E #6ECFC6

square

#956ECF #CF6E78 #A8CF6E #6ECFC6

split-complementary

#956ECF #CFC66E #78CF6E

monochromatic

#583092 #7340C0 #956ECF #B79CDE #D8CAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#956ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#956ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956ECF

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956ECF	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5181D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.146 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698de',
    500: '#956ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ecf;
$custom-light: #b698de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 50.259,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956ECF

secondary

#D0DEBB

accent

#BE2881

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956ECF

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

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