#956DFD#956DFD

#956DFD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.205 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956DFD
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 253)
HSL	hsl(257, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 56.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 47.86, -66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 82.02, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0786 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.205 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5879, 24.4177, 95.7475)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956DFD #D5FD6D

analogous

#6D8DFD #956DFD #DD6DFD

triadic

#956DFD #FD956D #6DFD95

tetradic

#956DFD #FD6D8D #D5FD6D #6DFDDD

square

#956DFD #FD6D8D #D5FD6D #6DFDDD

split-complementary

#956DFD #FDDD6D #8DFD6D

monochromatic

#4403EC #6931FC #956DFD #C1A9FE #E9E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#956DFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#956DFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956DFD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956DFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956DFD	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1189FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2585FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956dfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.205 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ff',
    500: '#956dfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956dfd;
$custom-light: #ba98ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956dfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 97.297,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64512,
    "c": 0.20525,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956DFD

secondary

#EBF6D0

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956DFD

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

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