#956CFA#956CFA

#956CFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.203 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956CFA
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 250)
HSL	hsl(257, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 56.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 47.62, -65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 81.05, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0797 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.203 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0077, 24.0159, 93.2150)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956CFA #D1FA6C

analogous

#6C8AFA #956CFA #DC6CFA

triadic

#956CFA #FA956C #6CFA95

tetradic

#956CFA #FA6C8A #D1FA6C #6CFADC

square

#956CFA #FA6C8A #D1FA6C #6CFADC

split-complementary

#956CFA #FADC6C #8AFA6C

monochromatic

#4708E4 #6A31F8 #956CFA #C0A7FC #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#956CFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#956CFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956CFA

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956CFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956CFA	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1688FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2884F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956cfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.203 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97fd',
    500: '#956cfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956cfa;
$custom-light: #ba97fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956cfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.324,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64157,
    "c": 0.20295,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956CFA

secondary

#E9F5CD

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956CFA

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

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