#956FBE#956FBE

#956FBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.122 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FBE
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 190)
HSL	hsl(269, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 30.76, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 47.32, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.0706 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.122 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3712, 21.4763, 51.4086)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FBE #98BE6F

analogous

#6F71BE #956FBE #BD6FBE

triadic

#956FBE #BE956F #6FBE95

tetradic

#956FBE #BE6F71 #98BE6F #6FBEBD

square

#956FBE #BE6F71 #98BE6F #6FBEBD

split-complementary

#956FBE #BEBD6F #71BE6F

monochromatic

#58387B #764BA5 #956FBE #B499D1 #D3C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#956FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#956FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FBE

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FBE	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.122 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b599d2',
    500: '#956fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fbe;
$custom-light: #b599d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.861,
    "s": 37.799,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61126,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FBE

secondary

#C5D4B5

accent

#CE5A96

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FBE

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

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