#956BF4#956BF4

#956BF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.197 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BF4
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 244)
HSL	hsl(258, 86%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 56.1%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 46.59, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 78.52, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0809 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.197 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9769, 23.4358, 88.3038)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BF4 #CAF46B

analogous

#6B86F4 #956BF4 #DA6BF4

triadic

#956BF4 #F4956B #6BF495

tetradic

#956BF4 #F46B86 #CAF46B #6BF4DA

square

#956BF4 #F46B86 #CAF46B #6BF4DA

split-complementary

#956BF4 #F4DA6B #86F46B

monochromatic

#4C10D5 #6C32F0 #956BF4 #BEA4F8 #E7DDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#956BF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#956BF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BF4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BF4	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2186F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3183F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D88A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.197 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f8',
    500: '#956bf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bf4;
$custom-light: #b997f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.394,
    "s": 86.164,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63607,
    "c": 0.19699,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BF4

secondary

#E5F2C9

accent

#E3039E

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BF4

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

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