#956CF5#956CF5

#956CF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.197 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CF5
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 245)
HSL	hsl(258, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 46.30, -63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 78.44, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0797 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.197 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2340, 23.7064, 89.1406)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CF5 #CCF56C

analogous

#6C88F5 #956CF5 #D96CF5

triadic

#956CF5 #F5956C #6CF595

tetradic

#956CF5 #F56C88 #CCF56C #6CF5D9

square

#956CF5 #F56C88 #CCF56C #6CF5D9

split-complementary

#956CF5 #F5D96C #88F56C

monochromatic

#4B0FD8 #6C33F1 #956CF5 #BEA5F9 #E8DFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#956CF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#956CF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CF5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CF5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2387FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3183F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C89A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.197 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997f9',
    500: '#956cf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cf5;
$custom-light: #b997f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.956,
    "s": 87.261,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63829,
    "c": 0.19682,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CF5

secondary

#E6F2CA

accent

#E402A0

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CF5

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

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