#956FDD#956FDD

#956FDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.162 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FDD
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 38.39, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 63.90, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0749 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.162 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1268, 22.9785, 71.1880)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FDD #B7DD6F

analogous

#6F80DD #956FDD #CC6FDD

triadic

#956FDD #DD956F #6FDD95

tetradic

#956FDD #DD6F80 #B7DD6F #6FDDCC

square

#956FDD #DD6F80 #B7DD6F #6FDDCC

split-complementary

#956FDD #DDCC6F #80DD6F

monochromatic

#5528AA #713DD1 #956FDD #B9A1E9 #DED2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#956FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#956FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FDD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FDD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4884E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85849C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.162 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799e8',
    500: '#956fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fdd;
$custom-light: #b799e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62828,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FDD

secondary

#DAE7C1

accent

#CA1C8E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FDD

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

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