#956EDD#956EDD

#956EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.164 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EDD
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 38.96, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 64.53, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0762 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.164 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0183, 22.7615, 71.1518)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EDD #B6DD6E

analogous

#6E7FDD #956EDD #CC6EDD

triadic

#956EDD #DD956E #6EDD95

tetradic

#956EDD #DD6E7F #B6DD6E #6EDDCC

square

#956EDD #DD6E7F #B6DD6E #6EDDCC

split-complementary

#956EDD #DDCC6E #7FDD6E

monochromatic

#5528A9 #713CD1 #956EDD #B9A0E9 #DDD1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#956EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#956EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EDD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EDD	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4683E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.164 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798e8',
    500: '#956edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956edd;
$custom-light: #b798e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.1639,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EDD

secondary

#D9E6C0

accent

#CA1C8D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EDD

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

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