#956FBC#956FBC

#956FBC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.120 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FBC
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 41%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 30.29, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 46.26, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.0703 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.12 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1541, 21.3895, 50.2653)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FBC #96BC6F

analogous

#6F6FBC #956FBC #BB6FBC

triadic

#956FBC #BC956F #6FBC95

tetradic

#956FBC #BC6F6F #96BC6F #6FBCBB

square

#956FBC #BC6F6F #96BC6F #6FBCBB

split-complementary

#956FBC #BCBB6F #6FBC6F

monochromatic

#583879 #764CA2 #956FBC #B499CF #D2C3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#956FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#956FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FBC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FBC	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.120 305.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.61,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61024,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FBC

secondary

#C4D3B4

accent

#CC5B95

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FBC

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

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