#956AE5#956AE5

#956AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.180 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE5
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 43.25, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 71.25, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0818 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.18 297)
XYZ	xyz(31.6878, 22.3543, 76.7589)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE5 #BAE56A

analogous

#6A7CE5 #956AE5 #D36AE5

triadic

#956AE5 #E5956A #6AE595

tetradic

#956AE5 #E56A7C #BAE56A #6AE5D3

square

#956AE5 #E56A7C #BAE56A #6AE5D3

split-complementary

#956AE5 #E5D36A #7CE56A

monochromatic

#5420B5 #7036DC #956AE5 #BA9EEE #DFD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#956AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#956AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE5

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE5	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3683E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4381E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.180 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ee',
    500: '#956ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae5;
$custom-light: #b896ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.976,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62493,
    "c": 0.17993,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.22355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE5

secondary

#DCEAC1

accent

#D2138F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE5

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

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