#956FD7#956FD7

#956FD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.155 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FD7
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 215)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 48.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 36.87, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 60.70, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0743 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.155 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3417, 22.6645, 67.0530)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FD7 #B1D76F

analogous

#6F7DD7 #956FD7 #C96FD7

triadic

#956FD7 #D7956F #6FD795

tetradic

#956FD7 #D76F7D #B1D76F #6FD7C9

square

#956FD7 #D76F7D #B1D76F #6FD7C9

split-complementary

#956FD7 #D7C96F #7DD76F

monochromatic

#562C9F #723FCA #956FD7 #B89FE4 #DCCFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#956FD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#956FD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FD7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FD7	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D83DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.155 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799e4',
    500: '#956fd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fd7;
$custom-light: #b799e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6248,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FD7

secondary

#D6E3BF

accent

#C42189

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FD7

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

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