#956FD2#956FD2

#956FD2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.148 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FD2
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 210)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 47%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 47.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 35.62, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 58.02, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0737 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.148 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7090, 22.4114, 63.7209)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FD2 #ACD26F

analogous

#6F7AD2 #956FD2 #C66FD2

triadic

#956FD2 #D2956F #6FD295

tetradic

#956FD2 #D26F7A #ACD26F #6FD2C6

square

#956FD2 #D26F7A #ACD26F #6FD2C6

split-complementary

#956FD2 #D2C66F #7AD26F

monochromatic

#572F97 #7340C3 #956FD2 #B79EE1 #DACCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#956FD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#956FD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FD2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FD2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5082D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.148 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799e0',
    500: '#956fd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fd2;
$custom-light: #b799e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.03,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62197,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FD2

secondary

#D3E0BD

accent

#C02685

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FD2

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

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