#956BE8#956BE8

#956BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.182 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BE8
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 43.46, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 72.22, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0806 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.182 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2139, 22.7306, 79.0185)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BE8 #BEE86B

analogous

#6B80E8 #956BE8 #D46BE8

triadic

#956BE8 #E8956B #6BE895

tetradic

#956BE8 #E86B80 #BEE86B #6BE8D4

square

#956BE8 #E86B80 #BEE86B #6BE8D4

split-complementary

#956BE8 #E8D46B #80E86B

monochromatic

#521DBB #6F36E0 #956BE8 #BBA0F0 #E1D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#956BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#956BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BE8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BE8	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3584EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4181E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.182 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896f0',
    500: '#956be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956be8;
$custom-light: #b896f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.16,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6284,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BE8

secondary

#DEECC3

accent

#D51093

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BE8

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

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