#956CEF#956CEF

#956CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.189 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CEF
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 54.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 44.72, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 75.29, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0796 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.189 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3329, 23.3460, 84.3947)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CEF #C6EF6C

analogous

#6C84EF #956CEF #D76CEF

triadic

#956CEF #EF956C #6CEF95

tetradic

#956CEF #EF6C84 #C6EF6C #6CEFD7

square

#956CEF #EF6C84 #C6EF6C #6CEFD7

split-complementary

#956CEF #EFD76C #84EF6C

monochromatic

#4F16CB #6D35E9 #956CEF #BDA3F5 #E5DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#956CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#956CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CEF

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CEF	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E86F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F87A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.189 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f5',
    500: '#956cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cef;
$custom-light: #b997f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.779,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.18943,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CEF

secondary

#E3EFC7

accent

#DD099A

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CEF

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

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