#956CEA#956CEA

#956CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.183 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CEA
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 53.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 43.42, -58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 72.66, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0795 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.183 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6045, 23.0546, 80.5581)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CEA #C1EA6C

analogous

#6C82EA #956CEA #D46CEA

triadic

#956CEA #EA956C #6CEA95

tetradic

#956CEA #EA6C82 #C1EA6C #6CEAD4

square

#956CEA #EA6C82 #C1EA6C #6CEAD4

split-complementary

#956CEA #EAD46C #82EA6C

monochromatic

#511BC0 #6E36E2 #956CEA #BCA2F2 #E2D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#956CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#956CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CEA

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CEA	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3585EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4082E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8186A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.183 295.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.524,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63126,
    "c": 0.18323,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CEA

secondary

#E0EDC5

accent

#D70E96

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CEA

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

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