#956AF0#956AF0

#956AF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.193 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AF0
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 240)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 55.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 46.09, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 77.03, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.082 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.193 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2725, 22.9882, 85.1053)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AF0 #C5F06A

analogous

#6A82F0 #956AF0 #D86AF0

triadic

#956AF0 #F0956A #6AF095

tetradic

#956AF0 #F06A82 #C5F06A #6AF0D8

square

#956AF0 #F06A82 #C5F06A #6AF0D8

split-complementary

#956AF0 #F0D86A #82F06A

monochromatic

#4F14CB #6D32EA #956AF0 #BDA2F6 #E4D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#956AF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#956AF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AF0

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AF0	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2685F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3582ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F86A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956af0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.193 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f6',
    500: '#956af0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956af0;
$custom-light: #b996f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956af0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.254,
    "s": 81.707,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63191,
    "c": 0.19349,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AF0

secondary

#E2F0C6

accent

#DE0799

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AF0

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

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