#956FBB#956FBB

#956FBB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.119 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FBB
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 30.05, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 45.72, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.0701 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.119 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0467, 21.3465, 49.6995)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FBB #95BB6F

analogous

#6F6FBB #956FBB #BB6FBB

triadic

#956FBB #BB956F #6FBB95

tetradic

#956FBB #BB6F6F #95BB6F #6FBBBB

square

#956FBB #BB6F6F #95BB6F #6FBBBB

split-complementary

#956FBB #BBBB6F #6FBB6F

monochromatic

#583877 #764CA1 #956FBB #B499CF #D2C2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#956FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#956FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FBB

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FBB	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.119 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b599d0',
    500: '#956fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fbb;
$custom-light: #b599d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60974,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FBB

secondary

#C3D2B4

accent

#CC5C94

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FBB

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

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