#956EED#956EED

#956EED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.184 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EED
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 237)
HSL	hsl(258, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 43.09, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 73.02, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0772 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.184 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2524, 23.6552, 82.9183)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EED #C6ED6E

analogous

#6E86ED #956EED #D46EED

triadic

#956EED #ED956E #6EED95

tetradic

#956EED #ED6E86 #C6ED6E #6EEDD4

square

#956EED #ED6E86 #C6ED6E #6EEDD4

split-complementary

#956EED #EDD46E #86ED6E

monochromatic

#4F19C8 #6D38E6 #956EED #BDA4F4 #E5DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#956EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#956EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EED

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EED	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3687F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F88A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.184 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998f3',
    500: '#956eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eed;
$custom-light: #b998f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.425,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.18407,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EED

secondary

#E3EFC8

accent

#DA0B9B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EED

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

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