#956EE4#956EE4

#956EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.173 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EE4
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 228)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 51.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 40.75, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 68.25, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0767 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.173 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9704, 23.1424, 76.1663)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EE4 #BDE46E

analogous

#6E82E4 #956EE4 #D06EE4

triadic

#956EE4 #E4956E #6EE495

tetradic

#956EE4 #E46E82 #BDE46E #6EE4D0

square

#956EE4 #E46E82 #BDE46E #6EE4D0

split-complementary

#956EE4 #E4D06E #82E46E

monochromatic

#5322B6 #6F3ADA #956EE4 #BBA2EE #E0D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#956EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#956EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EE4

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EE4	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4085E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.173 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898ed',
    500: '#956ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ee4;
$custom-light: #b898ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.831,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6308,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EE4

secondary

#DDEAC4

accent

#D11593

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EE4

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

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