#956CE9#956CE9

#956CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.182 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CE9
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(260, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 43.16, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 72.13, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.0794 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.182 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4612, 22.9973, 79.8037)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CE9 #C0E96C

analogous

#6C82E9 #956CE9 #D46CE9

triadic

#956CE9 #E9956C #6CE995

tetradic

#956CE9 #E96C82 #C0E96C #6CE9D4

square

#956CE9 #E96C82 #C0E96C #6CE9D4

split-complementary

#956CE9 #E9D46C #82E96C

monochromatic

#511CBE #6F37E1 #956CE9 #BBA1F1 #E2D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#956CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#956CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CE9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CE9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3685ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8185A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.182 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897f1',
    500: '#956ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ce9;
$custom-light: #b897f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.68,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63063,
    "c": 0.18198,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CE9

secondary

#DFECC4

accent

#D60F95

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CE9

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

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