#956DDE#956DDE

#956DDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.167 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DDE
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 39.78, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 65.69, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0776 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.167 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0446, 22.6004, 71.8198)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DDE #B6DE6D

analogous

#6D7EDE #956DDE #CD6DDE

triadic

#956DDE #DE956D #6DDE95

tetradic

#956DDE #DE6D7E #B6DE6D #6DDECD

square

#956DDE #DE6D7E #B6DE6D #6DDECD

split-complementary

#956DDE #DECD6D #7EDE6D

monochromatic

#5526AA #713BD3 #956DDE #B99FE9 #DDD1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#956DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#956DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DDE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DDE	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4483E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.167 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798e9',
    500: '#956dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dde;
$custom-light: #b798e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.239,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62555,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DDE

secondary

#D9E7C0

accent

#CB1B8C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DDE

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

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