#956CEE#956CEE

#956CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.188 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CEE
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 44.46, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 74.76, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0796 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.188 295)
XYZ	xyz(33.1856, 23.2871, 83.6188)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CEE #C5EE6C

analogous

#6C84EE #956CEE #D66CEE

triadic

#956CEE #EE956C #6CEE95

tetradic

#956CEE #EE6C84 #C5EE6C #6CEED6

square

#956CEE #EE6C84 #C5EE6C #6CEED6

split-complementary

#956CEE #EED66C #84EE6C

monochromatic

#4F17C8 #6D35E8 #956CEE #BDA3F4 #E4DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#956CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#956CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CEE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CEE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F86F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F87A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.188 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f4',
    500: '#956cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cee;
$custom-light: #b997f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.923,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63378,
    "c": 0.18818,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.23288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CEE

secondary

#E2EFC7

accent

#DC0A99

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CEE

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

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