#956CEB#956CEB

#956CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.184 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CEB
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 54%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 43.68, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 73.18, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0795 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.184 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7485, 23.1122, 81.3169)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CEB #C2EB6C

analogous

#6C83EB #956CEB #D56CEB

triadic

#956CEB #EB956C #6CEB95

tetradic

#956CEB #EB6C83 #C2EB6C #6CEBD5

square

#956CEB #EB6C83 #C2EB6C #6CEBD5

split-complementary

#956CEB #EBD56C #83EB6C

monochromatic

#511AC2 #6E36E4 #956CEB #BCA2F2 #E3D8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#956CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#956CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CEB

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CEB	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3385EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8086A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.184 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897f2',
    500: '#956ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ceb;
$custom-light: #b897f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.37,
    "s": 76.048,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63189,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CEB

secondary

#E0EDC5

accent

#D80D97

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CEB

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

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