#956BEB#956BEB

#956BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.186 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BEB
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 44.24, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 73.80, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0807 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.186 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6437, 22.9025, 81.2819)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BEB #C1EB6B

analogous

#6B81EB #956BEB #D56BEB

triadic

#956BEB #EB956B #6BEB95

tetradic

#956BEB #EB6B81 #C1EB6B #6BEBD5

square

#956BEB #EB6B81 #C1EB6B #6BEBD5

split-complementary

#956BEB #EBD56B #81EB6B

monochromatic

#511AC1 #6E35E4 #956BEB #BCA1F2 #E2D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#956BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#956BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BEB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BEB	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3184EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8085A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.186 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f2',
    500: '#956beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956beb;
$custom-light: #b996f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63029,
    "c": 0.18591,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BEB

secondary

#E0EDC5

accent

#D80D96

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BEB

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

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