#956CED#956CED

#956CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.187 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CED
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 54.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 44.20, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 74.24, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0796 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.187 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0391, 23.2285, 82.8472)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CED #C4ED6C

analogous

#6C83ED #956CED #D66CED

triadic

#956CED #ED956C #6CED95

tetradic

#956CED #ED6C83 #C4ED6C #6CEDD6

square

#956CED #ED6C83 #C4ED6C #6CEDD6

split-complementary

#956CED #EDD66C #83ED6C

monochromatic

#5018C6 #6E35E6 #956CED #BCA3F4 #E4D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#956CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#956CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CED

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CED	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3085F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8087A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.187 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f3',
    500: '#956ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ced;
$custom-light: #b997f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.07,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63315,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CED

secondary

#E2EEC6

accent

#DA0B99

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CED

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

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