#956AF2#956AF2

#956AF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.196 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AF2
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 84%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 56.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 46.61, -62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 78.07, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.082 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.196 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5713, 23.1077, 86.6787)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AF2 #C7F26A

analogous

#6A83F2 #956AF2 #D96AF2

triadic

#956AF2 #F2956A #6AF295

tetradic

#956AF2 #F26A83 #C7F26A #6AF2D9

square

#956AF2 #F26A83 #C7F26A #6AF2D9

split-complementary

#956AF2 #F2D96A #83F26A

monochromatic

#4E12CF #6D32ED #956AF2 #BDA2F7 #E5DBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#956AF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#956AF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AF2

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AF2	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2185F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3282EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E87A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956af2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.196 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f7',
    500: '#956af2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956af2;
$custom-light: #b996f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956af2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.971,
    "s": 83.951,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63321,
    "c": 0.19594,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AF2

secondary

#E3F1C7

accent

#E0059B

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AF2

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

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