#956DF6#956DF6

#956DF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.197 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DF6
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 246)
HSL	hsl(258, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 55.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 46.01, -63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 78.36, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0786 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.197 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4932, 23.9798, 89.9821)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DF6 #CEF66D

analogous

#6D8AF6 #956DF6 #D96DF6

triadic

#956DF6 #F6956D #6DF695

tetradic

#956DF6 #F66D8A #CEF66D #6DF6D9

square

#956DF6 #F66D8A #CEF66D #6DF6D9

split-complementary

#956DF6 #F6D96D #8AF66D

monochromatic

#4A0EDB #6B33F2 #956DF6 #BFA7FA #E9E0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#956DF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#956DF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DF6

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DF6	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2488FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3284F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956df6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.197 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998fa',
    500: '#956df6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956df6;
$custom-light: #b998fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956df6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.518,
    "s": 88.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64051,
    "c": 0.19666,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DF6

secondary

#E8F3CC

accent

#E501A2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DF6

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

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