#956BF5#956BF5

#956BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.198 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BF5
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 245)
HSL	hsl(258, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 56.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 46.85, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 79.04, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0809 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.198 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1292, 23.4967, 89.1057)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BF5 #CBF56B

analogous

#6B86F5 #956BF5 #DA6BF5

triadic

#956BF5 #F5956B #6BF595

tetradic

#956BF5 #F56B86 #CBF56B #6BF5DA

square

#956BF5 #F56B86 #CBF56B #6BF5DA

split-complementary

#956BF5 #F5DA6B #86F56B

monochromatic

#4C0FD7 #6C32F1 #956BF5 #BEA4F9 #E7DEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#956BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#956BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BF5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BF5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F87FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F83F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C88A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.198 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f9',
    500: '#956bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bf5;
$custom-light: #b997f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.19821,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BF5

secondary

#E6F2CA

accent

#E4029F

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BF5

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

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