#956AF5#956AF5

#956AF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.200 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AF5
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 245)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 56.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 47.40, -64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 79.64, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.082 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.2 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0255, 23.2894, 89.0711)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AF5 #CAF56A

analogous

#6A85F5 #956AF5 #DB6AF5

triadic

#956AF5 #F5956A #6AF595

tetradic

#956AF5 #F56A85 #CAF56A #6AF5DB

square

#956AF5 #F56A85 #CAF56A #6AF5DB

split-complementary

#956AF5 #F5DB6A #85F56A

monochromatic

#4C0ED6 #6C31F1 #956AF5 #BEA3F9 #E7DDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#956AF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#956AF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AF5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AF5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A86FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D82F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C88A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956af5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.200 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f9',
    500: '#956af5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956af5;
$custom-light: #b996f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956af5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.561,
    "s": 87.421,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.1996,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AF5

secondary

#E5F2C9

accent

#E4029E

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AF5

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

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