#956EDA#956EDA

#956EDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.160 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EDA
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 218)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 49.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 38.20, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 62.93, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0759 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.16 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6222, 22.6031, 69.0656)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EDA #B3DA6E

analogous

#6E7DDA #956EDA #CB6EDA

triadic

#956EDA #DA956E #6EDA95

tetradic

#956EDA #DA6E7D #B3DA6E #6EDACB

square

#956EDA #DA6E7D #B3DA6E #6EDACB

split-complementary

#956EDA #DACB6E #7DDA6E

monochromatic

#562AA4 #713DCE #956EDA #B99FE6 #DCD0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#956EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#956EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EDA

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EDA	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4983DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.160 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798e6',
    500: '#956eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eda;
$custom-light: #b798e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.16009,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EDA

secondary

#D7E5BF

accent

#C71F8A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EDA

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

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