#956AE4#956AE4

#956AE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.179 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE4
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 42.99, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 70.72, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0817 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.179 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5486, 22.2986, 76.0257)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE4 #B9E46A

analogous

#6A7CE4 #956AE4 #D26AE4

triadic

#956AE4 #E4956A #6AE495

tetradic

#956AE4 #E46A7C #B9E46A #6AE4D2

square

#956AE4 #E46A7C #B9E46A #6AE4D2

split-complementary

#956AE4 #E4D26A #7CE46A

monochromatic

#5420B3 #7036DB #956AE4 #BA9EED #DFD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#956AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#956AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE4

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE4	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3782E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.179 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ed',
    500: '#956ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae4;
$custom-light: #b896ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.148,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62431,
    "c": 0.1787,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE4

secondary

#DBE9C0

accent

#D1148F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE4

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

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