#956DEB#956DEB

#956DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.183 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DEB
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 43.12, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 72.57, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0783 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.183 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8546, 23.3244, 81.3522)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DEB #C3EB6D

analogous

#6D84EB #956DEB #D46DEB

triadic

#956DEB #EB956D #6DEB95

tetradic

#956DEB #EB6D84 #C3EB6D #6DEBD4

square

#956DEB #EB6D84 #C3EB6D #6DEBD4

split-complementary

#956DEB #EBD46D #84EB6D

monochromatic

#501BC3 #6E37E4 #956DEB #BCA3F2 #E3D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#956DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#956DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DEB

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DEB	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3686EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8087A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.183 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f2',
    500: '#956deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956deb;
$custom-light: #b898f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.18302,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DEB

secondary

#E1EEC6

accent

#D80D98

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DEB

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

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