#956BF8#956BF8

#956BF8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.202 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956BF8
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 248)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 47.64, -65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 80.61, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0809 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.202 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5909, 23.6814, 91.5372)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956BF8 #CEF86B

analogous

#6B88F8 #956BF8 #DB6BF8

triadic

#956BF8 #F8956B #6BF895

tetradic

#956BF8 #F86B88 #CEF86B #6BF8DB

square

#956BF8 #F86B88 #CEF86B #6BF8DB

split-complementary

#956BF8 #F8DB6B #88F86B

monochromatic

#4A0BDE #6B31F5 #956BF8 #BFA5FB #E9E0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#956BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#956BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956BF8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956BF8	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1687FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A83F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B89A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.202 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97fb',
    500: '#956bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956bf8;
$custom-light: #ba97fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 90.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6387,
    "c": 0.20187,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956BF8

secondary

#E8F4CB

accent

#E600A1

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956BF8

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

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