#956CE5#956CE5

#956CE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.177 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE5
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 52.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 42.13, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 70.02, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0793 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.177 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8963, 22.7713, 76.8284)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE5 #BCE56C

analogous

#6C7FE5 #956CE5 #D26CE5

triadic

#956CE5 #E5956C #6CE595

tetradic

#956CE5 #E56C7F #BCE56C #6CE5D2

square

#956CE5 #E56C7F #BCE56C #6CE5D2

split-complementary

#956CE5 #E5D26C #7FE56C

monochromatic

#5320B6 #7038DC #956CE5 #BAA0EE #E0D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#956CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#956CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE5	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.177 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897ee',
    500: '#956ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce5;
$custom-light: #b897ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.331,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62815,
    "c": 0.17699,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE5

secondary

#DDEAC3

accent

#D21491

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE5

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

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