#956DE7#956DE7

#956DE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.178 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DE7
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 52.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 42.09, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 70.46, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0781 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.178 296)
XYZ	xyz(32.2832, 23.0958, 78.3429)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DE7 #BFE76D

analogous

#6D82E7 #956DE7 #D26DE7

triadic

#956DE7 #E7956D #6DE795

tetradic

#956DE7 #E76D82 #BFE76D #6DE7D2

square

#956DE7 #E76D82 #BFE76D #6DE7D2

split-complementary

#956DE7 #E7D26D #82E76D

monochromatic

#521FBB #6F38DE #956DE7 #BBA2F0 #E1D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#956DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#956DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DE7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DE7	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B85EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8286A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.178 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898ef',
    500: '#956de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956de7;
$custom-light: #b898ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63101,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DE7

secondary

#DFECC4

accent

#D41294

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DE7

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

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