#956DFA#956DFA

#956DFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.202 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DFA
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 250)
HSL	hsl(257, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 56.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 47.07, -65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 80.45, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0786 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.202 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1137, 24.2280, 93.2504)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DFA #D2FA6D

analogous

#6D8CFA #956DFA #DB6DFA

triadic

#956DFA #FA956D #6DFA95

tetradic

#956DFA #FA6D8C #D2FA6D #6DFADB

square

#956DFA #FA6D8C #D2FA6D #6DFADB

split-complementary

#956DFA #FADB6D #8CFA6D

monochromatic

#4708E5 #6A32F8 #956DFA #C0A8FC #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#956DFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#956DFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DFA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DFA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B89FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B84F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.202 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98fd',
    500: '#956dfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dfa;
$custom-light: #ba98fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.021,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64313,
    "c": 0.20157,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DFA

secondary

#EAF5CE

accent

#E600A4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DFA

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

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