#956AE8#956AE8

#956AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.184 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AE8
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 54.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 44.02, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 72.83, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0819 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.184 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1103, 22.5233, 78.9840)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AE8 #BDE86A

analogous

#6A7EE8 #956AE8 #D46AE8

triadic

#956AE8 #E8956A #6AE895

tetradic

#956AE8 #E86A7E #BDE86A #6AE8D4

square

#956AE8 #E86A7E #BDE86A #6AE8D4

split-complementary

#956AE8 #E8D46A #7EE86A

monochromatic

#531DBB #6F35E0 #956AE8 #BB9FF0 #E0D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#956AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#956AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AE8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AE8	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3283EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F81E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.184 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896f0',
    500: '#956ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ae8;
$custom-light: #b896f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.476,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62681,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AE8

secondary

#DDEBC2

accent

#D51092

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AE8

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

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