#956EE6#956EE6

#956EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.175 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EE6
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 41.27, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 69.31, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0768 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.175 296)
XYZ	xyz(32.2497, 23.2541, 77.6370)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EE6 #BFE66E

analogous

#6E83E6 #956EE6 #D16EE6

triadic

#956EE6 #E6956E #6EE695

tetradic

#956EE6 #E66E83 #BFE66E #6EE6D1

square

#956EE6 #E66E83 #BFE66E #6EE6D1

split-complementary

#956EE6 #E6D16E #83E66E

monochromatic

#5220BA #6F3ADD #956EE6 #BBA2EF #E1D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#956EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#956EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EE6

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EE6	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8286A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.175 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898ee',
    500: '#956ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ee6;
$custom-light: #b898ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63202,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.23255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EE6

secondary

#DFEBC5

accent

#D31394

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EE6

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

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