#956AE3#956AE3

#956AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.177 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE3
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 42.74, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 70.19, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0817 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.177 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4101, 22.2433, 75.2967)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE3 #B8E36A

analogous

#6A7BE3 #956AE3 #D16AE3

triadic

#956AE3 #E3956A #6AE395

tetradic

#956AE3 #E36A7B #B8E36A #6AE3D1

square

#956AE3 #E36A7B #B8E36A #6AE3D1

split-complementary

#956AE3 #E3D16A #7BE36A

monochromatic

#5421B1 #7036D9 #956AE3 #BA9EED #DED1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#956AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#956AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE3

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE3	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3882E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84829C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.177 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ec',
    500: '#956ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae3;
$custom-light: #b896ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.322,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62369,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE3

secondary

#DAE9C0

accent

#D0158E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE3

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

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