#956CE2#956CE2

#956CE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.173 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE2
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 52.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 41.36, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 68.43, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0791 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.173 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4810, 22.6052, 74.6414)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE2 #B9E26C

analogous

#6C7EE2 #956CE2 #D06CE2

triadic

#956CE2 #E2956C #6CE295

tetradic

#956CE2 #E26C7E #B9E26C #6CE2D0

square

#956CE2 #E26C7E #B9E26C #6CE2D0

split-complementary

#956CE2 #E2D06C #7EE26C

monochromatic

#5423B1 #7039D8 #956CE2 #BA9FEC #DFD2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#956CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#956CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE2

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE2	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E83E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.173 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897ec',
    500: '#956ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce2;
$custom-light: #b897ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 67.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE2

secondary

#DBE9C1

accent

#CF178F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE2

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

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