#956CF8#956CF8

#956CF8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.201 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CF8
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 248)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 56.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 47.09, -64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 80.01, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0797 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.201 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6957, 23.8911, 91.5722)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CF8 #CFF86C

analogous

#6C89F8 #956CF8 #DB6CF8

triadic

#956CF8 #F8956C #6CF895

tetradic

#956CF8 #F86C89 #CFF86C #6CF8DB

square

#956CF8 #F86C89 #CFF86C #6CF8DB

split-complementary

#956CF8 #F8DB6C #89F86C

monochromatic

#490BDF #6B32F5 #956CF8 #BFA6FB #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#956CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#956CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CF8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CF8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C88FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C84F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.201 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97fb',
    500: '#956cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cf8;
$custom-light: #ba97fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.571,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64025,
    "c": 0.2005,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CF8

secondary

#E8F4CC

accent

#E600A2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CF8

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

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