#956EEB#956EEB

#956EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.182 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EEB
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 53.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 42.57, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 71.96, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0771 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.182 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9619, 23.5389, 81.3880)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EEB #C4EB6E

analogous

#6E85EB #956EEB #D46EEB

triadic

#956EEB #EB956E #6EEB95

tetradic

#956EEB #EB6E85 #C4EB6E #6EEBD4

square

#956EEB #EB6E85 #C4EB6E #6EEBD4

split-complementary

#956EEB #EBD46E #85EB6E

monochromatic

#501BC4 #6E38E4 #956EEB #BCA4F2 #E4DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#956EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#956EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EEB

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EEB	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3886EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4283E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8087A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.182 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f2',
    500: '#956eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eeb;
$custom-light: #b898f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.72,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63511,
    "c": 0.18157,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EEB

secondary

#E2EEC7

accent

#D80E99

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EEB

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

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