#956BEE#956BEE

#956BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.190 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BEE
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 45.02, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 75.37, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0808 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.19 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0807, 23.0773, 83.5838)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BEE #C4EE6B

analogous

#6B82EE #956BEE #D76BEE

triadic

#956BEE #EE956B #6BEE95

tetradic

#956BEE #EE6B82 #C4EE6B #6BEED7

square

#956BEE #EE6B82 #C4EE6B #6BEED7

split-complementary

#956BEE #EED76B #82EE6B

monochromatic

#5017C8 #6E34E8 #956BEE #BCA2F4 #E4D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#956BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#956BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BEE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BEE	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A82EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F86A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.190 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f4',
    500: '#956bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bee;
$custom-light: #b997f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.237,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6322,
    "c": 0.18962,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BEE

secondary

#E2EFC6

accent

#DC0A98

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BEE

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

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