#956CF3#956CF3

#956CF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.194 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CF3
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 243)
HSL	hsl(258, 85%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 45.77, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 77.39, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0797 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.194 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9304, 23.5850, 87.5413)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CF3 #CAF36C

analogous

#6C87F3 #956CF3 #D96CF3

triadic

#956CF3 #F3956C #6CF395

tetradic

#956CF3 #F36C87 #CAF36C #6CF3D9

square

#956CF3 #F36C87 #CAF36C #6CF3D9

split-complementary

#956CF3 #F3D96C #87F36C

monochromatic

#4C11D3 #6C33EE #956CF3 #BEA5F8 #E7DDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#956CF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#956CF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CF3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CF3	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2787F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3583F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D89A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.194 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f8',
    500: '#956cf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cf3;
$custom-light: #b997f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.222,
    "s": 84.906,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.19436,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CF3

secondary

#E5F1C9

accent

#E1049E

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CF3

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

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