#956BE2#956BE2

#956BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.175 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BE2
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 52.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 41.92, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 69.05, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0804 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.175 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3762, 22.3955, 74.6065)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BE2 #B8E26B

analogous

#6B7DE2 #956BE2 #D06BE2

triadic

#956BE2 #E2956B #6BE295

tetradic

#956BE2 #E26B7D #B8E26B #6BE2D0

square

#956BE2 #E26B7D #B8E26B #6BE2D0

split-complementary

#956BE2 #E2D06B #7DE26B

monochromatic

#5423B0 #7038D8 #956BE2 #BA9EEC #DED1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#956BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#956BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BE2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BE2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C83E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4781DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.175 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ec',
    500: '#956be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956be2;
$custom-light: #b896ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 67.232,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BE2

secondary

#DAE8C0

accent

#CF168E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BE2

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

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