#956EE8#956EE8

#956EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.178 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EE8
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 52.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 41.79, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 70.37, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0769 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.178 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5321, 23.3670, 79.1246)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EE8 #C1E86E

analogous

#6E84E8 #956EE8 #D26EE8

triadic

#956EE8 #E8956E #6EE895

tetradic

#956EE8 #E86E84 #C1E86E #6EE8D2

square

#956EE8 #E86E84 #C1E86E #6EE8D2

split-complementary

#956EE8 #E8D26E #84E86E

monochromatic

#511EBE #6E39E0 #956EE8 #BCA3F0 #E2D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#956EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#956EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EE8

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EE8	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C86EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8187A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.178 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f0',
    500: '#956ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ee8;
$custom-light: #b898f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.18,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63325,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EE8

secondary

#E0ECC6

accent

#D51196

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EE8

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

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