#956AF1#956AF1

#956AF1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.195 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AF1
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 241)
HSL	hsl(259, 83%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 56%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 46.35, -62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 77.55, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.082 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.195 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4215, 23.0478, 85.8898)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AF1 #C6F16A

analogous

#6A82F1 #956AF1 #D86AF1

triadic

#956AF1 #F1956A #6AF195

tetradic

#956AF1 #F16A82 #C6F16A #6AF1D8

square

#956AF1 #F16A82 #C6F16A #6AF1D8

split-complementary

#956AF1 #F1D86A #82F16A

monochromatic

#4F13CD #6D32EC #956AF1 #BDA2F6 #E5DAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#956AF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#956AF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AF1

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AF1	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2485F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3482EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E87A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956af1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.195 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f6',
    500: '#956af1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956af1;
$custom-light: #b996f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956af1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.111,
    "s": 82.822,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63256,
    "c": 0.19472,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AF1

secondary

#E3F0C7

accent

#DF069A

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AF1

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

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