#956DE5#956DE5

#956DE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.176 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DE5
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 41.57, -55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 69.40, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.078 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.176 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0024, 22.9835, 76.8637)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DE5 #BDE56D

analogous

#6D81E5 #956DE5 #D16DE5

triadic

#956DE5 #E5956D #6DE595

tetradic

#956DE5 #E56D81 #BDE56D #6DE5D1

square

#956DE5 #E56D81 #BDE56D #6DE5D1

split-complementary

#956DE5 #E5D16D #81E56D

monochromatic

#5321B7 #6F39DC #956DE5 #BBA1EE #E0D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#956DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#956DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DE5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DE5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.176 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898ee',
    500: '#956de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956de5;
$custom-light: #b898ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62978,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DE5

secondary

#DDEAC3

accent

#D21492

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DE5

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

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