#956AE6#956AE6

#956AE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.181 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE6
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 43.51, -57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 71.77, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0818 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.181 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8278, 22.4103, 77.4963)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE6 #BBE66A

analogous

#6A7DE6 #956AE6 #D36AE6

triadic

#956AE6 #E6956A #6AE695

tetradic

#956AE6 #E66A7D #BBE66A #6AE6D3

square

#956AE6 #E66A7D #BBE66A #6AE6D3

split-complementary

#956AE6 #E6D36A #7DE66A

monochromatic

#531FB7 #7036DD #956AE6 #BA9EEF #E0D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#956AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#956AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE6	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3583EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.181 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ee',
    500: '#956ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae6;
$custom-light: #b896ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.806,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62555,
    "c": 0.18117,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE6

secondary

#DCEAC1

accent

#D31290

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE6

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

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