#956DE9#956DE9

#956DE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.181 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DE9
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 42.61, -57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 71.52, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0782 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.181 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5673, 23.2095, 79.8390)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DE9 #C1E96D

analogous

#6D83E9 #956DE9 #D36DE9

triadic

#956DE9 #E9956D #6DE995

tetradic

#956DE9 #E96D83 #C1E96D #6DE9D3

square

#956DE9 #E96D83 #C1E96D #6DE9D3

split-complementary

#956DE9 #E9D36D #83E96D

monochromatic

#511DBF #6E38E1 #956DE9 #BCA2F1 #E2D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#956DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#956DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DE9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DE9	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3885ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4383E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8186A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.181 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f1',
    500: '#956de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956de9;
$custom-light: #b898f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63224,
    "c": 0.18053,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DE9

secondary

#E0EDC5

accent

#D61096

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DE9

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

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