#956DF8#956DF8

#956DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.199 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DF8
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 248)
HSL	hsl(257, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 56%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 46.54, -64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 79.41, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0786 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.199 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8018, 24.1033, 91.6075)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DF8 #D0F86D

analogous

#6D8BF8 #956DF8 #DA6DF8

triadic

#956DF8 #F8956D #6DF895

tetradic

#956DF8 #F86D8B #D0F86D #6DF8DA

square

#956DF8 #F86D8B #D0F86D #6DF8DA

split-complementary

#956DF8 #F8DA6D #8BF86D

monochromatic

#480BE0 #6B33F5 #956DF8 #BFA7FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#956DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#956DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DF8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DF8	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2088FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F84F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.199 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98fb',
    500: '#956df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956df8;
$custom-light: #ba98fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.266,
    "s": 90.85,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64182,
    "c": 0.19912,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DF8

secondary

#E9F4CD

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DF8

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

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