#956AE0#956AE0

#956AE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.174 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE0
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 224)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 41.97, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 68.61, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0815 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.174 298)
XYZ	xyz(30.9997, 22.0791, 73.1350)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE0 #B5E06A

analogous

#6A7AE0 #956AE0 #D06AE0

triadic

#956AE0 #E0956A #6AE095

tetradic

#956AE0 #E06A7A #B5E06A #6AE0D0

square

#956AE0 #E06A7A #B5E06A #6AE0D0

split-complementary

#956AE0 #E0D06A #7AE06A

monochromatic

#5524AC #7137D5 #956AE0 #B99DEB #DDCFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#956AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#956AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE0

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE0	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C82E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4880DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.174 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ea',
    500: '#956ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae0;
$custom-light: #b896ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62185,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.22079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE0

secondary

#D8E7BF

accent

#CD188B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE0

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

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