#956AFE#956AFE

#956AFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.210 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956AFE
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 254)
HSL	hsl(257, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 58.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 49.77, -68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 84.32, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.0819 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.211 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4330, 23.8524, 96.4838)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956AFE #D3FE6A

analogous

#6A89FE #956AFE #DF6AFE

triadic

#956AFE #FE956A #6AFE95

tetradic

#956AFE #FE6A89 #D3FE6A #6AFEDF

square

#956AFE #FE6A89 #D3FE6A #6AFEDF

split-complementary

#956AFE #FEDF6A #89FE6A

monochromatic

#4602EC #6A2DFE #956AFE #C0A7FE #E9E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#956AFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#956AFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956AFE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956AFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956AFE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0088FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1783FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788BAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956afe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.210 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96ff',
    500: '#956afe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956afe;
$custom-light: #ba96ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956afe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.432,
    "s": 98.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64118,
    "c": 0.2105,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956AFE

secondary

#EAF6CE

accent

#E600A3

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956AFE

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

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