#956CE7#956CE7

#956CE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.179 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE7
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 42.65, -56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 71.07, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0794 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.179 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1771, 22.8837, 78.3075)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE7 #BEE76C

analogous

#6C81E7 #956CE7 #D36CE7

triadic

#956CE7 #E7956C #6CE795

tetradic

#956CE7 #E76C81 #BEE76C #6CE7D3

square

#956CE7 #E76C81 #BEE76C #6CE7D3

split-complementary

#956CE7 #E7D36C #81E76C

monochromatic

#521EBA #6F37DE #956CE7 #BBA1F0 #E1D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#956CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#956CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE7

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE7	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3884EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4482E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.179 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897ef',
    500: '#956ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce7;
$custom-light: #b897ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE7

secondary

#DEEBC3

accent

#D41293

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE7

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

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