#956FD3#956FD3

#956FD3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.150 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FD3
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 211)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 47%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 35.87, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 58.56, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0739 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.15 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8340, 22.4614, 64.3791)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FD3 #ADD36F

analogous

#6F7BD3 #956FD3 #C76FD3

triadic

#956FD3 #D3956F #6FD395

tetradic

#956FD3 #D36F7B #ADD36F #6FD3C7

square

#956FD3 #D36F7B #ADD36F #6FD3C7

split-complementary

#956FD3 #D3C76F #7BD36F

monochromatic

#572F99 #7240C5 #956FD3 #B89EE1 #DACDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#956FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#956FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FD3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FD3	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5082D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.150 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799e1',
    500: '#956fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fd3;
$custom-light: #b799e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FD3

secondary

#D3E1BD

accent

#C12585

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FD3

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

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