#956EE3#956EE3

#956EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EE3
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 51.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 40.49, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 67.72, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0766 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.172 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8320, 23.0870, 75.4373)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EE3 #BCE36E

analogous

#6E81E3 #956EE3 #CF6EE3

triadic

#956EE3 #E3956E #6EE395

tetradic

#956EE3 #E36E81 #BCE36E #6EE3CF

square

#956EE3 #E36E81 #BCE36E #6EE3CF

split-complementary

#956EE3 #E3CF6E #81E36E

monochromatic

#5323B4 #703BD9 #956EE3 #BAA1ED #E0D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#956EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#956EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EE3

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EE3	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4185E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898ec',
    500: '#956ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ee3;
$custom-light: #b898ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6302,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EE3

secondary

#DDEAC3

accent

#D01692

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EE3

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

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