#956EEC#956EEC

#956EEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.183 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EEC
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 53.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 42.83, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 72.49, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0771 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.183 295)
XYZ	xyz(33.1068, 23.5969, 82.1510)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EEC #C5EC6E

analogous

#6E86EC #956EEC #D46EEC

triadic

#956EEC #EC956E #6EEC95

tetradic

#956EEC #EC6E86 #C5EC6E #6EECD4

square

#956EEC #EC6E86 #C5EC6E #6EECD4

split-complementary

#956EEC #ECD46E #86EC6E

monochromatic

#4F1AC6 #6D38E5 #956EEC #BDA4F3 #E4DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#956EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#956EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EEC

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EEC	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3786F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8088A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.183 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898f3',
    500: '#956eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eec;
$custom-light: #b898f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63573,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.23598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EEC

secondary

#E2EEC7

accent

#D90C9A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EEC

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

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