#956DEF#956DEF

#956DEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.188 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DEF
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 54.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 44.17, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 74.68, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0784 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.188 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4390, 23.5581, 84.4300)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DEF #C7EF6D

analogous

#6D86EF #956DEF #D66DEF

triadic

#956DEF #EF956D #6DEF95

tetradic

#956DEF #EF6D86 #C7EF6D #6DEFD6

square

#956DEF #EF6D86 #C7EF6D #6DEFD6

split-complementary

#956DEF #EFD66D #86EF6D

monochromatic

#4E16CB #6D36E9 #956DEF #BDA4F5 #E5DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#956DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#956DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DEF

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DEF	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3086F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F88A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.188 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998f5',
    500: '#956def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956def;
$custom-light: #b998f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.188,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DEF

secondary

#E3F0C8

accent

#DD099B

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DEF

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

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