#956DE2#956DE2

#956DE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.172 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DE2
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 51.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 40.80, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 67.81, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0778 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.172 297)
XYZ	xyz(31.5871, 22.8174, 74.6768)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DE2 #BAE26D

analogous

#6D7FE2 #956DE2 #CF6DE2

triadic

#956DE2 #E2956D #6DE295

tetradic

#956DE2 #E26D7F #BAE26D #6DE2CF

square

#956DE2 #E26D7F #BAE26D #6DE2CF

split-complementary

#956DE2 #E2CF6D #7FE26D

monochromatic

#5423B1 #703AD8 #956DE2 #BAA0EC #DFD3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#956DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#956DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DE2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DE2	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4084E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.172 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898ec',
    500: '#956de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956de2;
$custom-light: #b898ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.513,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62795,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.22818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DE2

secondary

#DCE9C2

accent

#CF1790

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DE2

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

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