#956CE0#956CE0

#956CE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.171 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE0
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 224)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 40.85, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 67.37, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.079 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.171 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2082, 22.4961, 73.2045)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE0 #B7E06C

analogous

#6C7DE0 #956CE0 #CF6CE0

triadic

#956CE0 #E0956C #6CE095

tetradic

#956CE0 #E06C7D #B7E06C #6CE0CF

square

#956CE0 #E06C7D #B7E06C #6CE0CF

split-complementary

#956CE0 #E0CF6C #7DE06C

monochromatic

#5525AD #7139D5 #956CE0 #B99FEB #DED1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#956CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#956CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE0

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE0	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4083E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.171 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897ea',
    500: '#956ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce0;
$custom-light: #b897ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 65.169,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6251,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE0

secondary

#DAE8C0

accent

#CD188D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE0

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

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