#956BEF#956BEF

#956BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.191 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BEF
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 45.28, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 75.90, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.0808 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.191 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2281, 23.1363, 84.3597)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BEF #C5EF6B

analogous

#6B83EF #956BEF #D76BEF

triadic

#956BEF #EF956B #6BEF95

tetradic

#956BEF #EF6B83 #C5EF6B #6BEFD7

square

#956BEF #EF6B83 #C5EF6B #6BEFD7

split-complementary

#956BEF #EFD76B #83EF6B

monochromatic

#4F16CA #6D34E9 #956BEF #BDA2F5 #E4D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#956BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#956BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BEF

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BEF	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B85F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3882EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F87A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.191 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f5',
    500: '#956bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bef;
$custom-light: #b997f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63284,
    "c": 0.19085,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BEF

secondary

#E2EFC7

accent

#DD0999

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BEF

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

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