#956FCE#956FCE

#956FCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.143 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FCE
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 46%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 46.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 34.63, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 55.88, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.0732 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.143 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2169, 22.2146, 61.1291)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FCE #A8CE6F

analogous

#6F79CE #956FCE #C56FCE

triadic

#956FCE #CE956F #6FCE95

tetradic

#956FCE #CE6F79 #A8CE6F #6FCEC5

square

#956FCE #CE6F79 #A8CE6F #6FCEC5

split-complementary

#956FCE #CEC56F #79CE6F

monochromatic

#583191 #7341BE #956FCE #B79DDE #D8CAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#956FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#956FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FCE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FCE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5381D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.143 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b699dd',
    500: '#956fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fce;
$custom-light: #b699dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 49.223,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FCE

secondary

#D0DEBB

accent

#BD2982

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FCE

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

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