#956EEE#956EEE

#956EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.185 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EEE
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 53.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 43.35, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 73.54, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0772 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.185 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3990, 23.7138, 83.6899)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EEE #C7EE6E

analogous

#6E87EE #956EEE #D56EEE

triadic

#956EEE #EE956E #6EEE95

tetradic

#956EEE #EE6E87 #C7EE6E #6EEED5

square

#956EEE #EE6E87 #C7EE6E #6EEED5

split-complementary

#956EEE #EED56E #87EE6E

monochromatic

#4E18CA #6D37E8 #956EEE #BDA5F4 #E5DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#956EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#956EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EEE

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EEE	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3487F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F84EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F88A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.185 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f4',
    500: '#956eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956eee;
$custom-light: #b999f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.281,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EEE

secondary

#E3EFC8

accent

#DB0A9C

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EEE

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

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