#956DEC#956DEC

#956DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.184 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DEC
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 53.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 43.39, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 73.10, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0783 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.184 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9995, 23.3823, 82.1152)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DEC #C4EC6D

analogous

#6D84EC #956DEC #D56DEC

triadic

#956DEC #EC956D #6DEC95

tetradic

#956DEC #EC6D84 #C4EC6D #6DECD5

square

#956DEC #EC6D84 #C4EC6D #6DECD5

split-complementary

#956DEC #ECD56D #84EC6D

monochromatic

#501AC5 #6E37E5 #956DEC #BCA3F3 #E4D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#956DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#956DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DEC

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DEC	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3486F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4083E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8087A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.184 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f3',
    500: '#956dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dec;
$custom-light: #b898f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.898,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.18427,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DEC

secondary

#E2EEC7

accent

#D90C99

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DEC

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

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