#956AFB#956AFB

#956AFB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.207 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AFB
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 251)
HSL	hsl(258, 95%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 57.8%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 48.98, -66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 82.76, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.082 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.207 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9564, 23.6618, 93.9735)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AFB #D0FB6A

analogous

#6A88FB #956AFB #DD6AFB

triadic

#956AFB #FB956A #6AFB95

tetradic

#956AFB #FB6A88 #D0FB6A #6AFBDD

square

#956AFB #FB6A88 #D0FB6A #6AFBDD

split-complementary

#956AFB #FBDD6A #88FB6A

monochromatic

#4806E4 #6B2EF9 #956AFB #BFA6FD #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#956AFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#956AFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AFB

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AFB	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0087FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2083F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956afb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.207 293.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956afb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.793,
    "s": 94.771,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63916,
    "c": 0.20689,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AFB

secondary

#E9F5CC

accent

#E600A1

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AFB

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

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