#956AE7#956AE7

#956AE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.182 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE7
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 54.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 43.76, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 72.30, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0818 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.182 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9686, 22.4667, 78.2380)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE7 #BCE76A

analogous

#6A7DE7 #956AE7 #D36AE7

triadic

#956AE7 #E7956A #6AE795

tetradic

#956AE7 #E76A7D #BCE76A #6AE7D3

square

#956AE7 #E76A7D #BCE76A #6AE7D3

split-complementary

#956AE7 #E7D36A #7DE76A

monochromatic

#531EB9 #7035DF #956AE7 #BA9FEF #E0D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#956AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#956AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE7

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE7	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3483EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4181E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.182 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ef',
    500: '#956ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae7;
$custom-light: #b896ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.64,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62618,
    "c": 0.18241,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE7

secondary

#DDEBC2

accent

#D41191

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE7

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

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