#956AED#956AED

#956AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.190 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AED
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 45.31, -60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 75.45, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.082 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.19 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8306, 22.8114, 82.7777)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AED #C2ED6A

analogous

#6A80ED #956AED #D76AED

triadic

#956AED #ED956A #6AED95

tetradic

#956AED #ED6A80 #C2ED6A #6AEDD7

square

#956AED #ED6A80 #C2ED6A #6AEDD7

split-complementary

#956AED #EDD76A #80ED6A

monochromatic

#5118C5 #6E33E6 #956AED #BCA1F4 #E3D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#956AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#956AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AED

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AED	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B84F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3981EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8085A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.190 295.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.695,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.18981,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AED

secondary

#E0EEC5

accent

#DB0B96

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AED

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

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