#956CF6#956CF6

#956CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.198 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CF6
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 246)
HSL	hsl(258, 88%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 56.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 46.56, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 78.96, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0797 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.198 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3871, 23.7677, 89.9468)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CF6 #CDF66C

analogous

#6C88F6 #956CF6 #DA6CF6

triadic

#956CF6 #F6956C #6CF695

tetradic

#956CF6 #F66C88 #CDF66C #6CF6DA

square

#956CF6 #F66C88 #CDF66C #6CF6DA

split-complementary

#956CF6 #F6DA6C #88F66C

monochromatic

#4A0DDA #6B32F2 #956CF6 #BFA6FA #E8DFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#956CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#956CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CF6

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CF6	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2087FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3083F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C89A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.198 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997fa',
    500: '#956cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cf6;
$custom-light: #b997fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.826,
    "s": 88.462,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63894,
    "c": 0.19805,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CF6

secondary

#E7F3CB

accent

#E500A1

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CF6

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

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