#956FDB#956FDB

#956FDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.160 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FDB
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 219)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 37.88, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 62.84, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.0747 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.16 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8619, 22.8726, 69.7930)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FDB #B5DB6F

analogous

#6F7FDB #956FDB #CB6FDB

triadic

#956FDB #DB956F #6FDB95

tetradic

#956FDB #DB6F7F #B5DB6F #6FDBCB

square

#956FDB #DB6F7F #B5DB6F #6FDBCB

split-complementary

#956FDB #DBCB6F #7FDB6F

monochromatic

#552AA6 #713ECF #956FDB #B9A0E7 #DDD1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#956FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#956FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FDB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FDB	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A84DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86849B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.160 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799e7',
    500: '#956fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fdb;
$custom-light: #b799e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62711,
    "c": 0.15983,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FDB

secondary

#D8E5C0

accent

#C81E8C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FDB

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

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