#956DE8#956DE8

#956DE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.179 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DE8
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 53%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 42.35, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 70.99, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.0782 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.179 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4248, 23.1525, 79.0888)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DE8 #C0E86D

analogous

#6D83E8 #956DE8 #D26DE8

triadic

#956DE8 #E8956D #6DE895

tetradic

#956DE8 #E86D83 #C0E86D #6DE8D2

square

#956DE8 #E86D83 #C0E86D #6DE8D2

split-complementary

#956DE8 #E8D26D #83E86D

monochromatic

#511EBD #6F38E0 #956DE8 #BBA2F0 #E2D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#956DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#956DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DE8

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DE8	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3985EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8186A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.179 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f0',
    500: '#956de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956de8;
$custom-light: #b898f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.512,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63162,
    "c": 0.17927,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DE8

secondary

#DFECC5

accent

#D51195

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DE8

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

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