#956DED#956DED

#956DED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.186 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DED
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 54%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 43.65, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 73.63, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0784 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.186 295)
XYZ	xyz(33.1452, 23.4406, 82.8825)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DED #C5ED6D

analogous

#6D85ED #956DED #D56DED

triadic

#956DED #ED956D #6DED95

tetradic

#956DED #ED6D85 #C5ED6D #6DEDD5

square

#956DED #ED6D85 #C5ED6D #6DEDD5

split-complementary

#956DED #EDD56D #85ED6D

monochromatic

#4F19C7 #6D37E6 #956DED #BDA3F4 #E4DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#956DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#956DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DED

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DED	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3386F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8087A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.186 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998f3',
    500: '#956ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ded;
$custom-light: #b998f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.18552,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.23441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DED

secondary

#E2EFC7

accent

#DA0B9A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DED

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

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