#956AEF#956AEF

#956AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.192 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AEF
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 45.83, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 76.50, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.082 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.192 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1244, 22.9290, 84.3251)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AEF #C4EF6A

analogous

#6A82EF #956AEF #D76AEF

triadic

#956AEF #EF956A #6AEF95

tetradic

#956AEF #EF6A82 #C4EF6A #6AEFD7

square

#956AEF #EF6A82 #C4EF6A #6AEFD7

split-complementary

#956AEF #EFD76A #82EF6A

monochromatic

#5016C9 #6E33E9 #956AEF #BCA1F5 #E4D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#956AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#956AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AEF

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AEF	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2785F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3782EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F86A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.192 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f5',
    500: '#956aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956aef;
$custom-light: #b996f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.398,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63127,
    "c": 0.19227,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AEF

secondary

#E2EFC6

accent

#DD0998

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AEF

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

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