#956CE4#956CE4

#956CE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.176 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE4
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 41.87, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 69.49, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0792 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.176 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7571, 22.7157, 76.0952)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE4 #BBE46C

analogous

#6C7FE4 #956CE4 #D16CE4

triadic

#956CE4 #E4956C #6CE495

tetradic

#956CE4 #E46C7F #BBE46C #6CE4D1

square

#956CE4 #E46C7F #BBE46C #6CE4D1

split-complementary

#956CE4 #E4D16C #7FE46C

monochromatic

#5321B4 #7038DB #956CE4 #BAA0ED #E0D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#956CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#956CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C84E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.176 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897ed',
    500: '#956ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce4;
$custom-light: #b897ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE4

secondary

#DCEAC2

accent

#D11591

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE4

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

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