#956AEE#956AEE

#956AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.191 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AEE
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 45.57, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 75.98, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.082 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.191 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9771, 22.8700, 83.5493)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AEE #C3EE6A

analogous

#6A81EE #956AEE #D76AEE

triadic

#956AEE #EE956A #6AEE95

tetradic

#956AEE #EE6A81 #C3EE6A #6AEED7

square

#956AEE #EE6A81 #C3EE6A #6AEED7

split-complementary

#956AEE #EED76A #81EE6A

monochromatic

#5017C7 #6E33E8 #956AEE #BCA1F4 #E3D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#956AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#956AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AEE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AEE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2984F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3882EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F86A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.191 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f4',
    500: '#956aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956aee;
$custom-light: #b996f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.545,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63062,
    "c": 0.19104,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AEE

secondary

#E1EFC5

accent

#DC0A97

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AEE

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

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