#956CE8#956CE8

#956CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.181 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE8
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 42.91, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 71.60, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0794 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.181 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3188, 22.9403, 79.0535)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE8 #BFE86C

analogous

#6C81E8 #956CE8 #D36CE8

triadic

#956CE8 #E8956C #6CE895

tetradic

#956CE8 #E86C81 #BFE86C #6CE8D3

square

#956CE8 #E86C81 #BFE86C #6CE8D3

split-complementary

#956CE8 #E8D36C #81E86C

monochromatic

#521DBC #6F37E0 #956CE8 #BBA1F0 #E1D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#956CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#956CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3784EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8285A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.181 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897f0',
    500: '#956ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce8;
$custom-light: #b897f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.839,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63001,
    "c": 0.18073,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE8

secondary

#DFECC4

accent

#D51094

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE8

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

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