#956DF9#956DF9

#956DF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.200 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DF9
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 249)
HSL	hsl(257, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 56.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 46.80, -64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 79.93, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.0786 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.2 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9574, 24.1655, 92.4268)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DF9 #D1F96D

analogous

#6D8BF9 #956DF9 #DB6DF9

triadic

#956DF9 #F9956D #6DF995

tetradic

#956DF9 #F96D8B #D1F96D #6DF9DB

square

#956DF9 #F96D8B #D1F96D #6DF9DB

split-complementary

#956DF9 #F9DB6D #8BF96D

monochromatic

#4709E2 #6A32F7 #956DF9 #C0A8FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#956DF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#956DF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DF9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DF9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E89FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D84F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956df9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.200 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98fc',
    500: '#956df9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956df9;
$custom-light: #ba98fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956df9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64247,
    "c": 0.20035,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DF9

secondary

#E9F4CD

accent

#E600A4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DF9

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

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