#956AEC#956AEC

#956AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.189 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AEC
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 55.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 45.05, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 74.93, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.082 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.189 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6849, 22.7532, 82.0104)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AEC #C1EC6A

analogous

#6A80EC #956AEC #D66AEC

triadic

#956AEC #EC956A #6AEC95

tetradic

#956AEC #EC6A80 #C1EC6A #6AECD6

square

#956AEC #EC6A80 #C1EC6A #6AECD6

split-complementary

#956AEC #ECD66A #80EC6A

monochromatic

#5119C3 #6E34E5 #956AEC #BCA0F3 #E2D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#956AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#956AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AEC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AEC	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C84F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B81E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8085A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.189 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f3',
    500: '#956aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956aec;
$custom-light: #b996f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.846,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62934,
    "c": 0.18858,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AEC

secondary

#E0EEC4

accent

#DA0C96

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AEC

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

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