#956AFA#956AFA

#956AFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.206 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AFA
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 250)
HSL	hsl(258, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 48.71, -66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 82.24, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.082 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.206 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7992, 23.5989, 93.1455)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AFA #CFFA6A

analogous

#6A87FA #956AFA #DD6AFA

triadic

#956AFA #FA956A #6AFA95

tetradic

#956AFA #FA6A87 #CFFA6A #6AFADD

square

#956AFA #FA6A87 #CFFA6A #6AFADD

split-complementary

#956AFA #FADD6A #87FA6A

monochromatic

#4908E2 #6B2FF8 #956AFA #BFA5FC #E9E0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#956AFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#956AFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AFA

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AFA	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0587FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2383F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A89A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956afa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.206 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96fd',
    500: '#956afa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956afa;
$custom-light: #ba96fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956afa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.917,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.20567,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AFA

secondary

#E8F4CC

accent

#E600A1

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AFA

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

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