#956BEC#956BEC

#956BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.187 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BEC
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 44.50, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 74.32, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0808 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.187 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7885, 22.9605, 82.0449)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BEC #C2EC6B

analogous

#6B81EC #956BEC #D66BEC

triadic

#956BEC #EC956B #6BEC95

tetradic

#956BEC #EC6B81 #C2EC6B #6BECD6

square

#956BEC #EC6B81 #C2EC6B #6BECD6

split-complementary

#956BEC #ECD66B #81EC6B

monochromatic

#5119C4 #6E35E5 #956BEC #BCA1F3 #E3D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#956BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#956BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BEC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BEC	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F85F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C82E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8086A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.187 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996f3',
    500: '#956bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bec;
$custom-light: #b996f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63092,
    "c": 0.18715,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BEC

secondary

#E0EEC5

accent

#D90C97

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BEC

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

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