#956CF9#956CF9

#956CF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.202 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CF9
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 249)
HSL	hsl(257, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 47.35, -65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 80.53, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0797 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.202 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8513, 23.9533, 92.3914)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CF9 #D0F96C

analogous

#6C89F9 #956CF9 #DC6CF9

triadic

#956CF9 #F9956C #6CF995

tetradic

#956CF9 #F96C89 #D0F96C #6CF9DC

square

#956CF9 #F96C89 #D0F96C #6CF9DC

split-complementary

#956CF9 #F9DC6C #89F96C

monochromatic

#4809E1 #6B31F7 #956CF9 #BFA7FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#956CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#956CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CF9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CF9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1988FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A84F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.202 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97fc',
    500: '#956cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cf9;
$custom-light: #ba97fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.447,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64091,
    "c": 0.20173,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CF9

secondary

#E9F4CD

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CF9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →